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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 47, 期 12, 页码 6564-6572出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es400069b
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- International Copper Association (ICA)
We present a dynamic model of global copper stocks and flows which allows a detailed analysis of recycling efficiencies, copper stocks in use, and dissipated and landfilled copper. The model is based on historical mining and refined copper production data (1910-2010) enhanced by a unique data set of recent global semifinished goods production and copper end-use sectors provided by the copper industry. To enable the consistency of the simulated copper life cycle in terms of a closed mass balance, particularly the matching of recycled metal flows to reported historical annual production data, a method was developed to estimate the yearly global collection rates of end-of-life (postconsumer) scrap. Based on this method, we provide estimates of 8 different recycling indicators over time. The main indicator for the efficiency of global copper recycling from end-of-life (EoL) scrap-the EoL recycling rate-was estimated to be 45% on average, +/- 5% (one standard deviation) due to uncertainty and variability over time in the period 2000-2010. As uncertainties of specific input data-mainly concerning assumptions on end-use lifetimes and their distribution-are high, a sensitivity analysis with regard to the effect of uncertainties in the input data on the calculated recycling indicators was performed. The sensitivity analysis included a stochastic (Monte Carlo) uncertainty evaluation with 10(5) simulation runs.
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