A major starting point in industrial ecology (IE) is that reaching ecological sustainability requires understanding relations between human actions and material (tangible) flows. IE studies have enabled assessments of different technical sociotechnical configurations but only to a limited degree provided concepts support the design interventions for ecologies. We contribute by proposing socioma...

PAPER TITLE AUTHOR(S) ABSTRACT SOURCE PAGES READ MORE Public Health and Environmental Benefits of Adopting Lead-Free Solders Oladele A. Ogunseitan After more than 7,000 years of widespread use, lead is fi guratively sinking in contemporary industrial ecology and global societal commerce. But, despite the long research history of documenting the detrimental impacts of lead use, and of legislativ...

Despite our declared era of ‘Big Data,’ we lack information on the flows of energy, water, and materials that support modern societies. These data are essential to understand how ecologies and the labor of people in far flung places supply urban areas, as well as how these resource flows are used by whom, where, and for what purpose. Like other places, the state of California is struggling with...

The lead battery has the potential t o become one o f the first examples o f a hazardous product managed in an environmentally acceptable fashion. The tools o f industrial ecology are helpful in identifying the key criteria that an ideal lead-battery recycling system must meet: maximal recovery of batteries after use, minimal export of used batteries t o countries where environmental controls a...