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Material Flow Analysis A Look At The Numbers Globally And In Asia

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2023

The IAI has published the latest IAI Material Flow Model update. This update highlights the increase of production rates, recyclability and usage of scrap sources over the past 70 years (1950-2021). It also shows a particularly sharp rise in all areas over the past 20 years globally and even more so in Asia.

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