Table 1 Material categories used in the calculation

From: Prospects for global sustainable development through integrating the environmental impacts of economic activities

MFA4Plus

MFA13Plus

Biomass

Crops

Crop Residues

Grazed biomass and fodder crops

Wood

Wild catch and harvest

Fossil Fuels

Coal

Petroleum

Natural Gas

Oil shale and tar sands

Metal ores

Ferrous ores

Non-ferrous ores

Non-metallic minerals

Non-metallic minerals—construction dominant

Non-metallic minerals—industrial or agricultural dominant