A European model for waste and material flows
- The use of materials and the generation of waste are linked to economic activities and in many projections these are assumed to be a constant ratio of the economic activities. This may be the case considering detailed economic activities and unchanged technology. However, the assumption of constant coefficients is questionable when linking material use and waste generation to aggregated economic activities. Therefore, in this paper, econometrics is used to test the assumption of constant waste coefficients empirically. The analyses show that an assumption of constant waste coefficients is not supported, generally, and amodel allowing for trendwise changing coefficients is developed and used for projections of waste and material flows in 25The use of materials and the generation of waste are linked to economic activities and in many projections these are assumed to be a constant ratio of the economic activities. This may be the case considering detailed economic activities and unchanged technology. However, the assumption of constant coefficients is questionable when linking material use and waste generation to aggregated economic activities. Therefore, in this paper, econometrics is used to test the assumption of constant waste coefficients empirically. The analyses show that an assumption of constant waste coefficients is not supported, generally, and amodel allowing for trendwise changing coefficients is developed and used for projections of waste and material flows in 25 European countries.…
Document Type: | Peer-Reviewed Article |
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Author: | Frits Møller Andersen, Helge Larsen, Mette Skovgaard, Stephan Moll, Stéphane Isoard |
DOI (citable link): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.05.011 |
Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Language: | English |
Source Title (English): | Resources, conservation and recycling |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 4 |
First Page: | 421 |
Last Page: | 435 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften |