Defining regional recycling indicators for metals: An extension of global recycling indicators to regional systems with open boundaries

Luis Alberto Tercero Espinoza and Marcel Soulier

No S04/2017, Working Papers "Sustainability and Innovation" from Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI)

Abstract: Recycling indicators are useful for characterizing anthropogenic metal cycles. While there are suitable and generally accepted recycling indicators at the global level, they are not necessarily useful for regional cycles (where the region of interest can be a part of country, an entire country or a group of countries), which are open and interact with other regions such that cross-border flows need to be considered. Herein, we examine the applicability of available (global) recycling indicators to the regional level and, where appropriate, propose modified versions that are both conceptually compatible with the corresponding global indicators and readily accessible through data collected and estimates generated in regional material flow analysis work.

Keywords: recycling rates; foreign trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.24406/publica-fhg-298254

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