. Ecoefficiency contributes to reducing material waste in all processes. Recycling can reduce the diffusion of waste by feeding it …. Recycling and human capital formation use productive factors and are rooted therefore, as all other activities, in the material … basis of the economy. The paper studies an optimal material state of society. -- Eco-efficiency ; recycling ; materials …

In this paper we consider a competitive economy with flows of materials from extraction via recycling to landfilling … stimulates recycling as expected. But it also increases primary material extraction and - possibly - the total waste flow, and it … reduces the recycling ratio. …

to shore for recycling or disposal. For installations where there is no generic solution, one should take a case …