caa a22 4500 463171349 CHVBK 20180406164814.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10163-007-0182-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10163-007-0182-0 Moriguchi Yuichi Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Ibaraki, Japan aut Material flow indicators to measure progress toward a sound material-cycle society [Elektronische Daten] [Yuichi Moriguchi] This article reviews recent progress in material flow analysis and its use in providing resource productivity indicators and is based on developments in Japanese policy toward a sound material-cycle society and in international forums such as within the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation, covering both institutional and methodological issues. Indicators derived from economy-wide material flow accounts such as direct material inputs are useful to demonstrate the absolute size of a physical economy and to reinforce the need to both reduce consumption of natural resources and limit waste generation. Interpretation of material flows as resources and potential environmental impacts is discussed, and linkages between the size of material flows and specific environmental impacts and damage must be further elaborated for use in environmental policy. Lessons learned from the practical use of resource productivity indicators are also discussed. Additional indicators are needed that can be used to evaluate the performance of microeconomic contributors. The need for an integrated approach that links upstream resource issues and downstream waste issues through the 3Rs concept or the circular economy/society concept is attracting increasing attention. Consequently, the accumulation of reliable scientific knowledge and data in this field in a fully international context is essential. Springer-Verlag Tokyo, 2007 Material flow nationallicence Resource productivity nationallicence Indicator nationallicence Sound material-cycle society nationallicence Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Springer-Verlag 9/2(2007-09-01), 112-120 1438-4957 9:2<112 2007 9 10163 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-007-0182-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-007-0182-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Moriguchi Yuichi Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Ibaraki, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Springer-Verlag 9/2(2007-09-01), 112-120 1438-4957 9:2<112 2007 9 10163 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer