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Mars, Materials, and Three Morality Plays: Materials Flows and Environmental Policy

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Although industrial ecology represents a captivating metaphor and rich repertoire of analytical tools, its impact on environmental policy has been marginal at best. This article examines the insights provided by the studies of three common materials in the US. economy‐lead, arsenic, and silver‐and the abilrty of such studies to illuminate some larger and looming challenges for future environmental policy. Three specific challenges are explored: the flow of materials across national borders, the increasing embodiment of emissions in products, and the dangers of unchallenged assumptions about the drivers of material flows. The article argues that industrial ecology can inform public policy but that it is time for the practitioners of industrial ecology, an applied science, to apply it in the often messy world of environmental policymaking.

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  • David Rejeski, 1997. "Mars, Materials, and Three Morality Plays: Materials Flows and Environmental Policy," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 1(4), pages 13-18, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:inecol:v:1:y:1997:i:4:p:13-18
    DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.4.13
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    1. Jouni Korhonen, 2003. "Should we measure corporate social responsibility?," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(1), pages 25-39, March.
    2. Jouni Korhonen & Fredrik von Malmborg & Peter A. Strachan & John R. Ehrenfeld, 2004. "Management and policy aspects of industrial ecology: an emerging research agenda," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(5), pages 289-305, September.

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