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Material Circularity Assessment Metrics

This document contains metrics for assessing the circularity of materials across three scenarios. It measures the mass of raw materials, recycled and reused feedstock, virgin feedstock, and non-recovered waste. It then calculates the linear flow index and material circularity indicator for each scenario based on these metrics. All three scenarios have the same values, with the linear flow index being 1 and material circularity indicator being 0.1, indicating low circularity across all three scenarios.

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Material Circularity Assessment Metrics

This document contains metrics for assessing the circularity of materials across three scenarios. It measures the mass of raw materials, recycled and reused feedstock, virgin feedstock, and non-recovered waste. It then calculates the linear flow index and material circularity indicator for each scenario based on these metrics. All three scenarios have the same values, with the linear flow index being 1 and material circularity indicator being 0.1, indicating low circularity across all three scenarios.

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MATERIAL CIRCULARITY ASSESSMENT

Based on the methodology described in Circularity Indicators: An Approach to Measuring Circularity, Ellen
MacArthur Foundation and Granta Design, 2015.

Feedstock characteristics
Scenari Scenario Scenario
Metric Unit o1 2 3
Mass of product, M kg 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mass of raw materials, M' kg 1 1 1
Mass of feedstock from recycled sources, MR kg 0 0 0
Mass of feedstock from reused sources, MU kg 0 0 0
Fraction of feedstock from recycled sources, FR =
MR/M' - 0 0 0
Fraction of feedstock from reused sources, FU = MU/M' - 0 0 0
Mass of virgin feedstock, V' = M'*(1-F R-FU) kg 1 1 1
(Check: mass of virgin feedstock, V = M-M R -M U ) kg 1 1 1

Non-recovered waste
characteristics
Scenario Scenario Scenario
Metric Unit 1 2 3
Mass of waste from recycling of feedstock not in final
product, W'F kg 0 0 0
Mass of waste from recycling manufacturing waste,
W'C kg 0 0 0
Mass of non-recovered waste from manufacturing,
W'O kg 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mass of waste from recycling feedstock in final
product, WF kg 0 0 0
Mass of waste from recycling at EoL, WC kg 0 0 0
Mass of non-recovered waste at EoL, WO kg 0.9 0.9 0.9
Total mass of non-recovered waste, W' = W+W' O+
(W' F+W' c )/2 kg 1 1 1

Linear Flow Index


Scenario Scenario Scenario
Metric Unit 1 2 3
Linear Flow Index, LFI' = (V'+W')/(2M+(W F-WC)/2+
(W' F-W' C)/2) - 1 1 1

Utility
Scenario Scenario Scenari
Metric Unit 1 2 o3
unit of
Product lifetime, L time 1 1 1
unit of
Industry average lifetime, LAV time 1 1 1
Product intensity, U - 1 1 1
Industry average intensity, UAV - 1 1 1
Utility, X = L/LAV*U/UAV - 1 1 1
Factor, F(X) = 0.9/X - 0.9 0.9 0.9

Material Circularity Indicator


Scenario Scenario Scenario
Metric Unit 1 2 3
Material Circularity Indicator, MCI' = 1-LFI'*F(X) - 0.1 0.1 0.1

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