Material flow analysis (MFA, also known as Material Flow Accounting) has become one of
the basic tools in industrial ecology, since its pioneering development by Ayres. This chapter …

The omnipresence of plastics in our lives and their ever-increasing application range
continuously raise the requirements for the monitoring of environmental and health impacts …

Household packaging waste sorting facilities consist of complex networks of processes to
separate diverse waste streams. These facilities are a key first step to re-enter materials into …

This study performs the first national plastic material flow analysis (MFA) of Bangladesh to
obtain essential information for developing the roadmap for circular economy. It quantified …

Plastic waste management, deeply intertwined with our economy, presents a global
challenge. Plastic pollution pervades both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. In a …

There is an urgent need to tackle the major challenge of plastic waste, as the increase in
production and consumption of plastics is generating higher levels of waste. The South …

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represent one of the growing waste
streams in Europe, whose content of hazardous substances and valuable materials focus on …

There is an urgent and growing need to further advance the plastic waste management
system globally and in South Africa, due to the increasing impact of plastic waste. This study …

Low-income coastal nations such as Mozambique grapple with providing sustainable and
effective management of plastic waste (PW), which influences the increase in disease …

A study of the plastics materials flow analysis in Thailand was aim to show the flow of plastic
materials through production, consumption, and waste management based on the year …