| Title | Although there is no Physical Short-Term Scarcity of Phosphorus, its Resource Efficiency Should be Improved |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 25457 |
| Authors | Scholz, RW; Wellmer, FW |
| Title | Although there is no Physical Short-Term Scarcity of Phosphorus, its Resource Efficiency Should be Improved |
| Year | 2019 |
| Published | Journal Of Industrial Ecology, 23, 2 |
| Abstract | The German government has adopted a law that requires sewage plants to go beyond the recovery of phosphorus from wastewater and to promote recycling. We argue that there is no physical global short- or mid-term phosphorus scarcity. However, we also argue that there are legitimate reasons for policies such as those of Germany, including: precaution as a way to ensure future generations' long-term supply security, promotion of technologies for closed-loop economics in a promising stage of technology development, and decrease in the current supply risk with a new resource pool. |
| https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jiec.12750 |
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