Resource Reuse and Recycling: Limitations and Potential Opportunities

Materials today are often discarded after their first use. This is especially true of those materials in uses that are inherently dissipative, in complex assemblages where elements in low but vital concentrations are often lost in recycling, and for useful but toxic materials. The status of reuse an...

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מחבר ראשי: Graedel, Thomas
פורמט: Article ou chapitre numérique
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: Field Actions Science Reports 2021
גישה מקוונת:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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סיכום:Materials today are often discarded after their first use. This is especially true of those materials in uses that are inherently dissipative, in complex assemblages where elements in low but vital concentrations are often lost in recycling, and for useful but toxic materials. The status of reuse and recycling as well as five opportunities for improvement are presented: (1) eliminate dissipative uses of materials; (2) develop advanced technologies for reuse and recycling; (3) create suitable repositories for materials unsuitable for a circular economy; (4) Design new products for circularity at end of life; (5) create and support international collaborative shipping and recycling chains.