Studies on sustainable management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (or e-
waste) have gained increasing attention from researchers around the world in recent years …

This article reviews, categorizes, and evaluates the objectives, means, and results of the
application of material flow analysis (MFA) in waste management. It identifies those areas …

Human-made material stocks accumulating in buildings, infrastructure, and machinery play
a crucial but underappreciated role in sha** the use of material and energy resources …

Demand for graphite will grow with expanding use of lithium-ion batteries in the United
States. Much graphite is imported, raising supply chain risks. It is therefore imperative to …

It is increasingly recognized that the growing metabolism of society is approaching
limitations both with respect to sources for resource inputs and sinks for waste and emission …

To a set of well-regarded international scenarios (UNEP's GEO-4), we have added
consideration of the demand, supply, and energy implications related to copper production …

To be able to grow crops, we have interfered with Earth's reserves of one of top three
essential elements, phosphorus (P), as to which we face a problem related to its high …

Byproduct metals are essential to global low carbon transition since they are irreplaceable in
modern renewable energy technologies. Gallium (Ga) is classified as one critical byproduct …

Even though rare earth metals are indispensible in modern technology, very little
quantitative information other than combined rare earth oxide extraction is available on their …

This article discusses the role of lifestyle in physical material accounting and introduces a
new method for simultaneously determining national or regional resource demand and …