Browsing Environment, Enterprise and Development by Subject "material flow analysis"
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A Big Tiny Problem: Flows of Primary Microplastics in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Microplastics are ubiquitous across ecosystems, posing chemical and physical risks to wildlife and human health. To effectively monitor and manage the microplastics problem, a baseline of the mass of primary microplastics ... -
E-waste in the Caribbean: Is there a potential for a circular economy?
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)Islands are bounded systems, often plagued with several sustainability challenges of limited land and resource availability, as well as pressing waste management issues. Small island economies import most of their resource ... -
Electronic waste in Ontario: Case study of a primary processing facility
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest expanding, and valuable waste streams due to its content of precious, critical, and base metals. E-waste is comprised of electronic devices operated below 10,000 volts that ... -
A GIS- Based Material Stock-Flow Analysis of Antigua & Barbuda through the lens of the built and socio-economic environment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-31)Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean are centered around a service-based economy, where the built environment (or material stocks) functions as the backbone of their social and economic wellbeing. The ... -
Local Material and Energy Flow Analysis for the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)To address global environmental challenges, resource use patterns at local and sub-national scales can provide relevant insights into drivers and how these link to local policy and decision-making. The Region of Waterloo ...