2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Developing an integrated approach for evaluating availabilityof metals in geological and urban mines

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23860075
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Recycling engineering
Research Institution	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Principal Investigator	HATAYAMA Hiroki 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 安全科学研究部門, 研究員 (30612733)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	持続可能な社会 / 資源循環 / 環境システム / 産業エコロジー
Research Abstract	We developed a novel concept for sustainability of metals that assesses the availability of both primary and secondary resources. Our concept can evaluate the effectiveness of different technologies and policies for comprehensively increasing the sustaina