image: This shows a generic metal life cycle. The main processes are connected through markets (indicated through circles) and are related to other regions through net import flows. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 10, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Barbara Reck and Tom Graedel at Yale University in New Haven, Conn was titled, “Challenges in Metal Recycling.” view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Barbara Reck, based on Reck <i>et al</i>. (2008), Env. Sci. & Tech.]