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Anthropogenic Resource Case Studies

Material(s) Material source(s) Location Case Study
Ferrous metals, copper, aluminum, construction materials, fine fraction, combustible fraction, refuse-derived fuel Landfill Belgium Winterstetter, A., D. Laner, H. Rechberger, and J. Fellner (2015). Framework for the evaluation of anthropogenic resources: A landfill mining case study – Resource or reserve? Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 96: p. 19-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.01.004.
Plastics, textiles, paper & cardboard, wood, glass & ceramics, metals, mineral fraction, fine material, not identifiable material Landfill Belgium Winterstetter, A., D. Laner, H. Rechberger, and J. Fellner (2016). Evaluation and classification of different types of anthropogenic resources: the cases of old landfills, obsolete computers and in-use wind turbines. Journal of Cleaner Production. 133: p. 599-615. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.083.
Iron & steel, aluminum, copper, printed circuit boards & contacts, plastic, others Personal Computers European city
Magnet for reuse, and alternately Neodymium, Iron, Boron, Dysprosium, Praseodymium for recovery Magnets in wind turbines Austria 
Refuse derived fuel, Plastic, Wood, Sand, Soil, Construction Materials Landfills Belgium Winterstetter, A., E. Wille, P. Nagels, and J. Fellner (2018). Decision making guidelines for mining historic landfill sites in Flanders. Waste Manag. 77: p. 225-237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.03.049.
Metals (iron, zinc, lead, copper, cadmium), mineral materials (gypsum, limestone, clay, quartz), salt Fly-ash from municipal solid waste incineration Vienna, Austria Huber, F. and J. Fellner (2018). Integration of life cycle assessment with monetary valuation for resource classification: The case of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 139: p. 17-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.08.003.
Iron, Non-ferrous metals, Stainless steel, Glass Bottom-ash from municipal solid waste incineration Canton Zurich, Switzerland Mueller, S.R., U. Kral, and P.A. Wäger (2020). Developing material recovery projects: Lessons learned from processing municipal solid waste incineration residues. Journal of Cleaner Production. 259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120490