| Title |
Assessing economy-wide eco-efficiency of materials produced in Japan |
| ID_Doc |
21277 |
| Authors |
Aoki-Suzuki, C; Dente, SMR; Hashimoto, S |
| Title |
Assessing economy-wide eco-efficiency of materials produced in Japan |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106981 |
| Abstract |
Reducing environmental impacts related to resource use has been considered a significant challenge for sustainable development, but methodologies to assess national level impact decoupling have not been established adequately. For this, an economy-wide eco-efficiency analysis of Japanese material production and a decomposition analysis are conducted. Combining data from the Japanese life cycle inventory and input-output table, we calculate the eco-efficiency of 451 materials with respect to 13 impact categories and perform a decomposition analysis. Results indicate tendency that material groups, with larger share of value added and environmental impact to national total show lower eco-efficiency. Environmental impacts on foreign supply chains, especially in areas of resource consumption and global warming, are large. These findings imply the necessity of improving the processing of lower eco-efficiency materials, through, for example, intensifying decarbonization and circular economy, and strengthening the production of higher eco-efficiency materials to improve the ecoefficiency of Japan. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; Impact decoupling; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Material flow accounting/analysis (MFA); Resource efficiency |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001055889900001 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106981
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