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- Verschelling, Judith (author) master thesis 2020
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van der Zaag, Jochem (author)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...master thesis 2020
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de Haes, Sabine (author)Large material flows are extracted from natural mines in the earth’s crust and moved and stored in anthropogenic environments. Extraction processes from natural mines are often harmful for the environment and can cause material scarcity. At the same time governments are formulating ambitions to increase circularity in cities. For these reasons...master thesis 2018
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LIN, H-C. (author)Are cities mineable? How much can the old copper scraps be transformed into "nutrients" of the city and join the economy again? Can urban mining really take us towards a circular economy? Although there has been extensive discussions on the possibilities of urban mining in academic literatures and public media, the research on quantitatively...master thesis 2016
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Galgani, P. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. In some areas of Sub-Saharan Africa appropriate organic waste management technology could address development issues such as soil degradation, unemployment and energy scarcity, while at the same time providing climate benefits....master thesis 2012