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12. Material Stocks and Sustainable Development

Authors : Dominik Wiedenhofer, Willi Haas, Michael Neundlinger, Nina Eisenmenger

Published in: Social Ecology

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Material stocks are an important part of the metabolism of society. Due to their long service-lifetimes, these stocks induce long-term dynamics of resource use for their regular reproduction, triggering resource flows during construction, use, maintenance, refurbishment and at the end of their useful lifetime in the form of waste. This chapter explores the material stocks of residential buildings and transportation infrastructure in the EU25 and the way these stocks are related to the overall material consumption of construction minerals. Special focus lies on flows required for maintenance and reproduction versus expansion of the stock. The dynamics of stocks and flows are assessed from a systems perspective on inputs, end-of-life waste and recycling flows in 2009, and a trend scenario for 2020. Thus, we explore the potential impacts of the European Waste Frame-work Directive, which strives for a significant increase in recycling. We find that in the EU25, a large share of material inputs are directed at maintaining and refurbishing existing stocks. Proper management of existing transportation networks and residential buildings is therefore crucial for the size of future material flows. Halting, or at least decelerating, ongoing stock expansion is another promising avenue toward more-sustainable resource use.

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Title: Material Stocks and Sustainable Development
Authors: Dominik Wiedenhofer
Willi Haas
Michael Neundlinger
Nina Eisenmenger
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Social Ecology
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-33324-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-33326-7

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33326-7_12

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