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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 7, 2013
JA 2013 – Journées Annuelles de la SF2M 2013 / SF2M Annual Meeting 2013
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| Article Number | 00002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 1 | |
| Section | Conférences Plénières / Plenary Sessions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20130700002 | |
| Published online | 07 November 2013 | |
What is the connection between metallurgy and environmental issues? Could a new discipline emerge from this confrontation?
ESTEP, European Steel Technology Platform, Bruxelles, Belgique
In neoclassical economics, the environment is an externality and environmental issues are treated as an add-on feature. In metallurgy, the environment is handled in a similar way, for similar reasons: environmental issues are both external to the core themes of metallurgy and to the economics of process metallurgy. Environmental issues range from corrosion, to generation of by-products, to air and water emissions, to environmental footprints (carbon footprint, water footprint, etc.), a measure of the burdens/liabilities that metals production and use impose on the “planet”, to social footprint, a measure of the assets brought about by the economic activities they generate, and to recycling, re-use and nega-use issues.
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