Material stocks and flows in the circular economy: a prospective material flow analysis for vehicles in the Netherlands for 2000-2050

To allow society to operate within planetary boundaries, it is essential to reduce primary material consumption. The Dutch government has set goals to limit the primary extraction by half in 2030 and to be a fully circular economy by 2050. To be able to achieve this without reducing our standards of living, the only way is to extract the...

Tracking sales to scrap: Incorporating Reverse Logistics Management into Dynamic Material Flow Analysis to increase transparency on downstream product flows for companies

The main research assignment for this project is to develop a dynamic Material Flow Analysis (MFA) model for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) companies to increase transparency on downstream product flows and to provide insight on the impacts of Reverse Logistics strategies. The assignment is carried out by conducting a theoretical...