Backlighting the European Indium Recycling Potentials. (13th March 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Backlighting the European Indium Recycling Potentials. (13th March 2018)
- Main Title:
- Backlighting the European Indium Recycling Potentials
- Authors:
- Ciacci, Luca
Werner, Tim T.
Vassura, Ivano
Passarini, Fabrizio - Abstract:
- Summary: With increased understanding of the effects of human activities on the environment and added awareness of the increasing societal value of natural resources, researchers have begun to focus on the characterization of elemental cycles. Indium has captured significant attention due to the potential for supply shortages and nonexistent recycling at end of life. Such a combination of potentially critical features is magnified for countries that depend on imports of indium, notably many European countries. With the aims of analyzing the dynamics of material flows and of estimating the magnitude of secondary indium sources available for recycling, the anthropogenic indium cycle in Europe has been investigated by material flow analysis. The results showed that the region is a major consumer of finished goods containing indium, and the cumulative addition of indium in urban mines was estimated at about 500 tonnes of indium. We discuss these results from the perspective of closing the metal cycle in the region. Securing access to critical raw materials is a priority for Europe, but the preference for recycling metal urban mines risks to remain only theoretical for indium unless innovations in waste collection and processing unlock the development of technologies that are economically feasible and environmentally sustainable.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of industrial ecology. Volume 23:Number 2(2019:Apr.)
- Journal:
- Journal of industrial ecology
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Number 2(2019:Apr.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0023-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 426
- Page End:
- 437
- Publication Date:
- 2018-03-13
- Subjects:
- industrial ecology -- industrial metabolism -- life cycle assessment (LCA) -- material flow analysis (MFA) -- recycling -- waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Industrial ecology -- Periodicals
Product life cycle -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals
Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals
Écologie industrielle -- Périodiques
658.56 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1530-9290 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/jiec.12744 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1088-1980
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