MICA Knowledge Base

Footprint methods Economy Wide Material Flow Accounting Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA) Reconciliation in Material Flow Analysis Environmental Extended Input Output Analysis (EEIOA)

Resource Efficiency Mine waste characterization Tax incentives for circular economy Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals

Metal Recycling - Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure European Commission - Environment - Waste Rio Tinto Limited - Our commitment Policy and strategy for raw materials Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001 Analysis of existing Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies for use in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Environment data centre on waste - Eurostat Metal stocks in society - Scientific Synthesis Recycling rates of metals - A Status Report Lundin Mining Corporation A Research Agenda for Improving National Footprint Accounts European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources Economy-wide material flow accounts and derived indicators. A methodological guide General and International Mineral Policy Anthropospheric losses of platinum group elements Legal basics of mineral policy in Europe Anthropogenic nickel cycle: Insights into use, trade, and recycling Institute for European Environmental Policy International Raw Materials Observatory (INTRAW)

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Resource efficiency policies

Life cycle indicators for resources, products and waste Groothuis F. (2016), New era. New plan. Europe. A fiscal strategy for an inclusive, circular economy, The Ex’tax Project Bastein et al. (2013), Opportunities for circular economy in the Netherlands A fuzzy constraint-based approach to data reconciliation in material flow analysis Techniques for solving industrial nonlinear data reconciliation problems Anastasio M. (2016), The circular economy- practical steps to enhance the EU package, Green budget Europe Reichel et al. (2016), Circular economy in Europe. Developing the knowlwdge base Stahel WR. 2013 Policy for material efficiency—sustainable taxation as a departure from the throwaway society ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Circular Economy