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Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused, promise emission reductions through reducing material use, but detailed ...
Pauliuk S +7 more
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Resources, 2019 The circular economy (CE) is in a growing trend, especially to address the concern of resources sustainability, both from academics as well as industrial practitioners.
Fu Haw Ho +3 more
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Do material efficiency improvements backfire?: Insights from an index decomposition analysis about the link between CO2 emissions and material use for Austria. [PDF]
J Ind Ecol, 2021 To keep global heating and other negative consequences of socioeconomic activities within manageable boundaries, industrialized countries must undergo substantial decarbonization, requiring the exploitation of synergies with other environmental endeavors.
Plank B, Eisenmenger N, Schaffartzik A.
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The carbon price: a toothless tool for material efficiency? [PDF]
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 2017 This article explores whether a carbon price will effectively encourage the more efficient use of greenhouse gas intensive materials such as steel. The article identifies a range of distortions that arise when some of the restrictive assumptions of ...
Skelton ACH, Allwood JM.
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Quo vadis MFA? Integrated material flow analysis to support material efficiency
Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022 Material efficiency (ME) strategies are pursued by governments and companies to reduce environmental emissions, improve supply chain resilience, and enhance cost competitiveness.
J. Baars, M. Rajaeifar, O. Heidrich
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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2022 Global climate mitigation requires a renewable energy transition. Due to interactions between energy demand and material use, improvements in material efficiency promise to contribute to climate mitigation.
K. Neumann, M. Hirschnitz-Garbers
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Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022 As utilized technical products, durable wood furniture plays an important role in a future circular economy (CE). However, contemporary CE literature predominantly focuses on wood's biochemical properties and its potential as a consumable material within
Jennifer D. Russell +2 more
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Sustainability, 2021 A circular economy can be achieved by the efficient use of materials across different industries and sectors. In the manufacturing sectors, practicing material efficiency is one of the effective strategies to reduce material usage and solid waste ...
F. Ho +7 more
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Experimental research on wear mechanism of diamond wheels for grinding Cf/SiC composites grooves
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 Aiming at the problems of low processing efficiency, low groove shape accuracy and poor surface quality caused by grinding wheel wear in the grinding process of Cf/SiC composite grooves. In this paper, based on the motion mode of grinding wheel grinding,
Bing Chen +4 more
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Material efficiency in Dutch packaging policy [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2013 Packaging materials are one of the largest contributors to municipal solid waste generation. In this paper, we evaluate the material impacts of packaging policy in The Netherlands, focusing on the role of material efficiency (or waste prevention). Since 1991, five different policies have been implemented to reduce the environmental impact of packaging.
Worrell, E., van Sluisveld, M.A.E.
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