Contribution of Recycling Processes to Sustainable Resource Management

摘要

Many raw materials are restricted and far away from being endless available; therefore there is a strong intention of developing raw material- and energy-efficient production processes. Recycling processes provide a substantial contribution to sustainable resource management due to the supply of valuable secondary raw materials for new applications. This paper will demonstrate a metamodel strategy that considers these facts and demonstrates a model architecture based on Material Flow Assessment for recycling processes. The case study represents scrap tire recycling.