"Slowing" and "narrowing" the flow of metals for consumer goods: evaluating opportunities and barriers

Elsa  Dominish; Monique L Retamal; Samantha  Sharpe; Ruth Lane; Muhammad Akbar Rhamdhani; Glen Corder; Damien Giurco; Nick Florin; Dan Eleazar Santos

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"Slowing" and "narrowing" the flow of metals for consumer goods: evaluating opportunities and barriers

Elsa Dominish, Monique L Retamal, Samantha Sharpe, Ruth Lane, Muhammad Akbar Rhamdhani, Glen Corder, Damien Giurco, Nick Florin, Dan Eleazar Santos

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Metal resources are essential materials for products and infrastructure, and it is therefore important to increase the sustainability of their production and use. Increasingly, the broad range of strategies and actions to improve sustainability are discussed in the context of the emerging concept of the circular economy. This paper uses this lens to evaluate the opportunities and barriers to improve the sustainability of metals, with a focus on metals contained in consumer products during the use‐phase. The sustainability of this phase has received less research attention compared to mining and production and recycling, yet it is vitally important for a sustainable circular flow of metals given the impact on demand.

Original language	English
Article number	1096
Number of pages	22
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041096
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2018

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"Slowing" and "narrowing" the flow of metals for consumer goods: evaluating opportunities and barriers

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