Material flow management

Material flow management (MFM) is a method of efficiently managing materials.

Material flow management is the goal-oriented, efficient use of materials, material streams and energy. The goals are given by ecological and economical areas and by observing social aspects.

— "Protection of human beings and environment", by an Enquete Commission of the German Bundestag

The triad of environmental, social and economical orientation makes MFM a tool of high importance in the field of sustainable development and circular economy.

Seen historically, material flow management is a tool that can be understood as an implementation-orientated advancement of the methodology of material flow analysis (MFA). MFM was established as a policy tool after the UN Earth Summit conference in Rio de Janeiro 1992. The German Bundestag outlined the targets and specific goals of MFM in a special report by an Enquete Commission.

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