Example: System of regional Paper Household

Baccini: Regionaler Stoffhaushalt

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Material Flow Matrix of regional Paper Household

Extraction of timber Extracti on of timber Paper Production Paper Consum ption KVA ARA 0 Paper Paper KVA Produc- Consump tion -tion Wood I 0 0 ARA Anthrop Atmoosphere sphere 0 0 Hydrosphere 0 Lithosphere 0 0

Paper I

Sewage Paper II Exhaust I air I Waste paper II 0 0 0 0

Waste paper 0 0

Waste paper I 0 Sewag e sludge 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

Exhaust air II 0

0 Sewage

Slag 0

Anthrop osphere Atmosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere

Wood II

Air Water II Energy I

0 Water I Energy II

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

Baccini: Regionaler Stoffhaushalt

2.2 Schematic diagram of the material matrix for the system regional paper household

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Global Phosphorus Flows

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Material Flow Matrix of Global Phosphorus Flows

Harvested Crops Harvested Crops Animal Animal Feeds People Food Livestock produces Feed additives Detergents, Other chemicals Processing Wastes Animal Phosphates Phosphate ores Wastes Farmlands Recycling Atmosphere Hydrosphere Fresh Waters Lithosphere Phosphate rocks

People
Phosphates Phosphate ores Wastes Farmlands Atmosphere Hydrosphere Fresh Waters Lithosphere Phosphate rocks Mining Harvesting

Wastes People
Wastes Phosphates Fertilizers

Wastes Phosphate ores

Recycling, dumping Wind erosion Deposition Discharging, dumping

Erosion, Runoff

Weathering

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Material Flow Matrix of Global Phosphorus Flows

Harvested Crops Harvested Crops Animal Animal Feeds People Food Livestock produces Feed additives Detergents, Other chemicals Processing Wastes Animal Phosphates Phosphate ores Wastes Farmlands Recycling Atmosphere Hydrosphere Fresh Waters Lithosphere Phosphate rocks

People
Phosphates Phosphate ores Wastes Farmlands Atmosphere Hydrosphere Fresh Waters Lithosphere Phosphate rocks Mining Harvesting

Wastes People
Wastes Phosphates Fertilizers

Wastes Phosphate ores

Recycling, dumping Wind erosion Deposition Discharging, dumping

Erosion, Runoff

Weathering

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