Materials Count The Case for Material Flows Analysis

The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use of materials will require an understanding of the flow of materials from the time a material is extracted through processing, manufacturing, use, and its ultimate destination as a waste or reusable resource. Materials Countexamines the usefulness of creating and maintaining material flow accounts for developing sound public policy, evaluates the technical basis for material flows analysis, assesses the current state of material flows information, and discusses who should have institutional responsibility for collecting, maintaining, and providing access to additional data for material flow accounts.Committee on Material Flows Accounting of Natural Resources, Products, and Residuals, Committee on Earth Resources is the author of 'Materials Count The Case for Material Flows Analysis', published 2004 under ISBN 9780309089449 and ISBN 0309089441.