Material Flows
“Making a quality product using a responsible design is beneficial to customers, the environment and ultimately the company at large.”
These are material stocks and flows metrics that focus on circular economy features:
Destination of flows
Waste disposal
Stock availability or concentration
Downcycling
Quality loss
Cascading use
Potential for recycling or remanufacturing
The metrics in this class are:
Material Flow Analysis-related metrics,
The Raw Materials Scoreboard
Input-Output analysis metrics
Economy-wide material flow analysis
The Zero-wasteindex