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Component-making - Other. Conventional economics dominate the production and use of the key bulk materials – steel, cement, plastic, paper and aluminium.

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A macro-economic analysis of steel in the UK shows that while the steel industry is relatively small, the construction and manufacturing sectors are large, and it would be politically unacceptable

and an improved understanding of the dependence of recycling on economics, technology, and other factors.

Current surveys of energy efficiency measures assess only known technology options developed in response to current economic and technical drivers.

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Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. A Use Less guide to other materials. Other sectors: we have completed projects on cement, paper and aluminium and think that the industrial equipment sector has particular potential for innovating to release a

These are: (1) customer preferences; (2) market positioning; (3) techno-economic feasibility; (4) supply chain feasibility; (5) regulation and (6) organisational attributes.

This paper, which introduces a Discussion Meeting Issue on the topic of material efficiency, aims to give an overview of current thinking on the topic, spanning environmental, engineering, economics, sociology and ... However, current economic structures

Toggle navigation. Search form. Search. Reducing global emissions by being more efficient. If we want to cut our use of energy in the developed economies to one quarter of today’s levels, can we do it by using the energy more efficiently? If we