Material flow management (MFM) is a method of efficiently managing materials.
The triad of environmental, social and economical orientation makes MFM a tool of high importance in the field of
sustainable development and
circular economy.
Seen historically, material flow management is a tool that can be understood as an implementation-orientated advancement of the methodology of
material flow analysis (MFA). MFM was established as a policy tool after the UN
Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
Earth ...
conference in
Rio de Janeiro
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1992. The German
Bundestag
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outlined the targets and specific goals of MFM in a special report by an Enquete Commission.
See also
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Material flow accounting
References
Materials
Industrial ecology
Sustainability and environmental management
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