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The ecological footprint (EF) is an accepted worldwide method for the evaluation of environmental sustainability. However, its utility is limited by the existence of a series of shortcomings in the methodology such as the only-partial inclusion of human generated wastes. To improve the ability of the footprint method to evaluate environmental sustainability, a new footprint-based indicator – the ‘Waste...
For a better understanding of human demand on the biosphere's capacity to assimilate wastes, this paper introduces a new footprint-based indicator, which is named the ‘Waste Absorption Footprint’ (WAF). The proposal of the WAF is inspired by the idea of building footprints on nature's multiple ecological functions. Within this framework, the WAF is built upon the waste absorptive capacity of the land...
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