The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use of materials will require an understanding of the flow of materials from the time a material is extracted through processing, manufacturing, use, and its ultimate destination as a waste or reusable resource. Materials Count examines the usefulness of creating and maintaining material flow accounts for developing sound public policy, evaluates the technical basis for material flows analysis, assesses the current state of material flows information, and discusses who should have institutional responsibility for collecting, maintaining, and providing access to additional data for material flow accounts.
Committee on Material Flows Accounting of Natural Resources, Products, and Residuals, Committee on Earth Resources, National Research Council
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Material Flows Accounting Definitions and System Structure; 5 3 Broad Context for Material and Energy Flows Information; 6 4 Material Flows Accounting: Uses and Usefulness; 7 5 Material Flows Information in the United States; 8 6 The Importance of Partnership in the Conduct of Material Flows Accounting; 9 7 Research Challenges for Material Flows Accounting; 10 8 Implementation Strategy; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 13 Appendix B: Information Provided to the Committee; 14 Appendix C: Detailed Classification of Material Inputs; 15 Appendix D: Detailed Classification of Material Outputs; 16 Appendix E: Classification of Material Stock Changes; 17 Color Plates
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