<p>Preface</p><p>I. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A Global Challenge</p><p>1. Global Material Flows and Their Environmental Impacts</p><p>2. Improving Resource Efficiency – Key Question for Ecology and Economy</p><p>3. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development</p><p>4. Economic Growth and Resource Use</p><p>5. Resource Protection Policy from an Ngo Perspective</p><p>6. Developing a Legal Framework for Resource Conservation</p><p>Ii. Securing a Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials</p><p>7. An International Metal Covenant – A Step Towards Sustainable Global Material Flows?</p><p>8. The Austrian Raw Materials Plan</p><p>Iii. Sustainable Production and Consumption</p><p>9. Material Efficiency in the Production of Goods</p><p>Iv. Further Development of a Sound Waste Management</p><p>10. The Contribution of Recycling to Sustainability/ Strategies for Recycling and Resource Conservation</p><p>11. Perspectives for a Resource Efficient Waste Management</p><p>V. Taking into Account the Whole Life Cycle: Three Examples</p><p>12. Construction and Housing</p><p>12.1. Sustainment of the Existing Property</p><p>12.2. High Quality Recycling of Demolition Wastes</p><p>13. Rare Metals</p><p>13.1. The Importance of Rare/Critical Metals for Emerging (Green) Technologies (Titel Wird Noch Von Reller Verändert, Richtung) </p><p>13.2. Precious and Special Metal Recycling: Economical and Technical Aspects</p><p>13.3. Transboundary Shipment of Electronic Scrap</p><p>14. The Limited Resources of Phosphorus and How to Close the Phosphorus Cycle</p><p>Vi. Concluding Chapter</p><p>15. About the Need of a Resource Efficiency Programme</p><p>Index</p>