| Title |
Circular economy assumptions in the phosphorus management : |
| Authors |
Kruopienė, Jolita |
| DOI |
10.5755/j01.erem.74.2.22050 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Environmental research, engineering and management = Aplinkos tyrimai, inžinerija ir vadyba.. Kaunas : Kaunas University of Technology. 2018, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 5-6.. ISSN 1392-1649. eISSN 2029-2139 |
| Keywords [eng] |
phosphorus ; phosphate rock ; circular economy ; management |
| Abstract [eng] |
Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource, non-substitutable for food production and therefore essential for agriculture and directly linked to food security. It is also important in a range of other industrial and technical uses, e.g. flame retardants, industrial water treatment, emulsifying agents, etc. At the same time, phosphorus has the so-called “dark side”: its losses pose major environmental issues. Phosphorus is the substance, together with nitrogen, contributing to eutrophication and water impairment of many surface and coastal water bodies. Phosphate rock is the main source of phosphorus from the earth’s crust. It was first assessed and included on list of critical raw materials (CRMs) for EU in 2014 (COM, 297, 2014). White phosphorus was assessed and included into the reviewed list of CRMs in 2017 in addition to phosphate rock (COM, 490, 2017). Nevertheless, the primary input material to produce phosphorus is also phosphate rock. |
| Published |
Kaunas : Kaunas University of Technology |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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