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Item Open Access Coupling Hidden Flows and Waste Generation for Enhanced Materials Flow Accounting(2007-06-01T00:00:00Z) Raffield, Thomas; Herben, Martin; Billington, Stephen; Longhurst, Philip J.; Pollard, Simon J. T.We present an adaptation of an existing materials flow model to account for waste flows in the domestic environment. The revised approach offers added functionality for economic parameters that influence waste production and disposal. Hypothetical waste and resource management futures illustrate the utility of model. A sensitivity analysis confirms that imports, domestic extraction and their associated hidden flows impact mostly on wastes generation. The model offers enhanced utility for policy and decision makers with regard to economic mass balance and strategic waste flows.Item Open Access Hidden flows and waste processing - an analysis of illustrative futures(Taylor & Francis, 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z) Schiller, Frank; Angus, Andrew; Billington, Stephen; Herben, Martin; Raffield, Thomas; Young, P. J.; Longhurst, Philip J.; Pollard, Simon J. T.An existing materials flow model is adapted (using Excel™ and AMBER™ model platforms) to account for waste and hidden material flows within a domestic environment. Supported by national waste data, the implications of legislative change, domestic resource depletion and waste technology advances are explored. The revised methodology offers additional functionality for economic parameters that influence waste generation and disposal. We explore this accounting system under hypothetical future waste and resource management scenarios, illustrating the utility of the model. A sensitivity analysis confirms that imports, domestic extraction and their associated hidden flows impact mostly on waste generation. The model offers enhanced utility for policy and decision makers with regard to economic mass balance and strategic waste flows, and may promote further discussion about waste technology choice in the context of reducing carbon budg