RESEARCH / MATERIALS

Materials & circularity

Tracing material stocks, supply chains and waste flows to assess resource efficiency and circular economy transitions.

Conveyor belts carry plastic bottles and other waste plastics through sorting at a materials recovery facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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2015Article
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The material footprint of nations

Thomas O. Wiedmann, Heinz Schandl, Manfred Lenzen, Daniel Moran, Sangwon Suh et al.

1,605 citations10.1073/pnas.1220362110
2020Article
Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Virtual water scarcity risk in China

Haoran Zhao, Shen Qu, Yu Liu, Sen Guo, Huiru Zhao et al.

90 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104886
2024Article
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Building resilience in Asian mega-deltas

Faith Ka Shun Chan, Amelie Paszkowski, Zilin Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Gordon Mitchell et al.

53 citations10.1038/s43017-024-00561-x