Raw Material Consumption of the European Union - Concept, Calculation Method, and Results
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F12%3A10132716" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/12:10132716 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es300434c" target="_blank" >http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es300434c</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es300434c" target="_blank" >10.1021/es300434c</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Raw Material Consumption of the European Union - Concept, Calculation Method, and Results
Original language description
This article presents the concept, calculation method, and first results of the "Raw Material Consumption" (RMC) economy-wide material flow indicator for the European Union (EU). The RMC measures the final domestic consumption of products in terms of rawmaterial equivalents (RME), i.e. raw materials used in the complete production chain of consumed products. We employed the hybrid input-output life cycle assessment method to calculate RMC. We first developed a highly disaggregated environmentally extended mixed unit input output table and then applied life cycle inventory data for imported products without appropriate representation of production within the domestic economy. Lastly, we treated capital formation as intermediate consumption. Our resultsshow that services, often considered as a solution for dematerialization, account for a significant part of EU raw material consumption, which emphasizes the need to focus on the full production chains and dematerialization of services.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Science and Technology
ISSN
0013-936X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
16
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
8903-8909
UT code for WoS article
000307697700045
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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