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Review of Material Flow Analysis Related Activities of Developed Countries for the Improvement of Resources Efficiency and Sustainability  

Kim, Seong-Yong (Korea Institute Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.39, no.5, 2006 , pp. 615-626 More about this Journal
Abstract
The natural resources and material life-cycle include all human activities related to resources and material extraction, transportation, processing, use, recovery and disposal. Sustainable material management (SMM) is an integrated set of policy approaches targeted on economic agents throughout the material life-cycles and designed to result in economically efficient and environmentally effective material use. The material flows of industrial mineral, ores and fossil fuels have also long been a focal area for environmental policies because of the high environmental pressures associated with extraction, processing, consumption, and final disposal of these materials. OECD work on material flow is to improve the quantitative and analytical knowledge bases about natural resource and material flows within and among countries, so as to better understand the importance of material resources in member countries' economies. In several EU Member States, material flow accounts are part of official statistics. Material flow analysis (MFA) is a valuation method which assesses the efficiency of use of materials using information from material flow accounting. Material flow analysis helps to identify waste of natural resources and other materials in the economy which would otherwise go unnoticed in conventional economic monitoring systems. Resource use and resource efficiency has emerged as a major issue for long-term sustainability and environmental policy.
Keywords
Material flow analysis (MFA); Material flow accounting; Domestic material consumption (DMC); Domestic material input (DMI); natural resources;
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