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Factor X

Re-source - Designing the Recycling Society

  • Traces history and progress of efforts to meet the Sustainability Strategy of 2002 goal of doubling raw material productivity by 2020, compared to 1994
  • Reviews current initiatives and activities, identifies areas for action and describes measures to increase resource efficiency
  • Benefits researchers in recycling and raw materials management, resource administrators and managers, policy makers and politicians

Part of the book series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science (ECOE)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A Global Challenge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Economic Growth and Resource Use

      • Andreas Breitenfellner
      Pages 45-53
    3. Resource Protection Policy: An Opinion from the NGO Perspective

      • Olaf Tschimpke, Benjamin Bongardt
      Pages 55-69
  3. Securing a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. The Austrian Minerals Plan

      • Leopold Weber
      Pages 99-112
  4. Sustainable Production and Consumption

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. Materials Efficiency in Product Design and Manufacturing

      • Mario Schneider, Volker Härtwig, Julia Kaltschew, Yvonne Langer, Kristin Prietzel
      Pages 115-131
  5. Further Development of a Sound Waste Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
    2. Strategies to Increase Resource Efficiency

      • Martin Faulstich, Markus Köglmeier, Anna Leipprand, Mario Mocker
      Pages 135-149
  6. Taking into Account the Whole Life Cycle: Three Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

About this book

Factor X: Re-source—Designing the Recycling Society explores the role of recycling in efforts to achieve the sustainable world envisioned in the Federal Environment Ministry’s Resource Efficiency Programme, known as ProgRess. The chapters build a roadmap to a Recycling Society in which the decoupling of resource consumption and economic growth is accomplished.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Umweltbundesamt, UBA, Sustainable Production and Products, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Michael Angrick

  • Umweltbundesamt, UBA, Economic and Social Envir. Issues, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Andreas Burger

  • Umweltbundesamt, UBA, Environmental Planning and Sustainabilit, The Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany

    Harry Lehmann

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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