循环经济视角下稀土元素消费的可持续性

Mejame Palle Paul Mejame, David King, Yinghe He
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稀土元素在信息和电信行业以及可再生能源和能源效率部门的新兴高科技中发挥着至关重要的作用。由于其独特的化学和物理特性,它们对于在这些行业中实现高速、高性能、耐用性和低碳排放至关重要。日益增长的环境问题和对稀土需求的增加,加上采购地点有限,构成了供应中断的重大风险。尽管存在这种威胁,但缺乏对这些金属可持续消费的环境影响和利益的全面评估,特别是在改善资源效率战略方面。为了应对这些挑战,我们开展了一项研究,利用基于循环经济(CE)模型的整体和系统方法评估澳大利亚稀土消费的可持续性。这包括制定可持续发展框架和实施战略,以关闭材料循环,最大限度地减少资源短缺的不利影响,同时最大限度地提高环境效益。该研究包括(a)分析稀土材料消耗的生命周期,(b)进行物质流分析,将资源使用与环境影响联系起来,以及(c)考虑人与环境之间的相互作用。可持续发展框架中资源效率的关键指标,包括材料使用、能源需求和温室气体排放,被用来确定潜在的环境影响。该研究的发现意义重大,因为它们能够评估现有的稀土资源效率战略,并提供建议,以提高澳大利亚的可持续性成果,以供全球采用。该研究展示了循环经济作为一种可持续战略的应用,通过提高资源效率和促进可持续消费模式,减轻和转变资源利用,最大限度地减少环境和社会经济影响。
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Sustainability of rare earth elements consumption in a circular economy perspective

Sustainability of rare earth elements consumption in a circular economy perspective
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) play a crucial role in emerging high technologies in the information and telecommunication industries, as well as the renewable and energy efficiency sectors. They are essential for achieving high speed, performance, durability, and low carbon emissions in these industries due to their unique chemical and physical properties. The growing environmental concerns and increasing demand for REEs, combined with limited sourcing locations, pose a significant risk of supply disruption. Despite this threat, there is a lack of comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact and benefits of sustainable consumption of these metals, especially in terms of improving resource efficiency strategies. To address these challenges, a study was conducted to evaluate the sustainability of REEs consumption in Australia using a holistic and systematic approach based on the circular economy (CE) model. This involved developing a sustainability framework and an implementation strategy to close the material loop and minimise the adverse impacts of resource shortages while maximising environmental benefits. The study included (a) analysing the life cycle of REEs material consumption, (b) conducting a material flow analysis to link resource use to environmental impacts, and (c) considering interactions between people and the environment. Key metrics for resource efficiency in a sustainable development framework, including materials use, energy demand, and greenhouse gas emissions, were used to determine the potential environmental impacts. The study's findings are significant as they enable the evaluation of existing resource efficiency strategies for REEs and provide recommendations to enhance sustainability outcomes in Australia for global uptake. The study demonstrates the application of circular economy as a sustainable strategy to mitigate and transform resource use to minimise environmental and socio-economic impacts by improving resource efficiency and promoting sustainable consumption patterns.
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