Standardized method for material flow data collection at city level.

ABSTRACT: The collection of material flow data is the first step in the evaluation of the circular economy performance and material metabolism at the city level. However, Chinese statistical data are published by Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, and provincial and municipal Bureau of Statistics. This resulted in data being scattered in dispersed sources and varying between cities, even brings about mistakes. Therefore, we established a standardized data collection and accounting method with regular data sources for Chinese cities. In this data collection method, material flow accounting mainly consists of three parts: direct material input, material recycling, and waste disposal. It covers four types of materials, including fossil fuels, biomass, metal minerals, and non-metallic minerals with

SUBMITTER: Gao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039539 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature