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Environmental Science & Technology

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Configuration of materially retained carbon in our

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society: A WIO-MFA-based approach for Japan

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Hajime Ohno1*, Hirokazu Sato1, and Yasuhiro Fukushima1

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6-07 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan

Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-

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ABSTRACT: To achieve the goals of Paris Agreement, global society is directing much effort in

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substantially reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition to energy-related efforts,

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prevention of carbon release into the atmosphere with carbon capture and storage (CCS) and/or

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utilization of biomass resources is considered indispensable to achieving the global objective. In

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this study, considering carbon-containing goods as carbon reservoirs in our society similar to

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forests and reservoirs enabling CCS, the flow of materially utilized carbon was quantified by

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input-output-based material flow analysis (IO-MFA). Consequently, in 2011, 6.3 Mt-C of

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petroleum-derived carbon and 7.9 Mt-C of wood-derived carbon were introduced to the Japanese

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society as end-use products (e.g., automobiles and constructions) in various forms (e.g., plastics

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and synthetic rubbers). The total amount (14.2 Mt-C) corresponded to 4.1% (52.1 Mt-CO2) of

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annual CO2 emission in Japan in 2011. Subsequently, by referring to the technology that can

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treat carbon in the target forms in end-of-life products, the recoverability of carbon as a material

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has been discussed with respect to each form and end-use of carbon. By numerically showing the

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necessity and potential of implementing appropriate technologies, this study provides scientific

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direction for policymakers to establish a quality carbon cycle in our society.


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1. INTRODUCTION

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An ambitious goal toward the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was adopted as

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Paris Agreement for the mitigation of global warming.1 To achieve the goal, every participating

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nation is committed to make substantial efforts in reducing GHG emissions, and many nations

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have included in their agenda actions related to emission reduction in the energy sector.2

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Particularly, significant contributions are expected from the improvements in conversion

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efficiency and the shifting of energy composition toward a renewable energy-oriented mix.3 In

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addition to energy-related efforts, prevention of carbon release into the atmosphere is recognized

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as indispensable to achieving the global objective. As a decarbonization strategy, Rockström et

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al.4 highlighted the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, which would

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capture and store CO2 generated by fossil fuel-based power plants underground and/or under the

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ocean bottom, thereby preventing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.5 To capture more CO2

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from atmosphere through improved management of land use, land-use change and forestry

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(LULUCF) is also important; trees absorb CO2 through photosynthesis and fix about 4 Gt/yr of

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carbon in their body globally.6 Together with such efforts, enhanced utilization of woody

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materials and products can prevent carbon release into the atmosphere for a certain period.7

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Similar to forests and reservoirs enabling CCS, goods in our society store carbon as well. In

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addition to the abovementioned wood products, petroleum-derived products such as plastics and

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synthetic rubbers materially retain carbon. At the end of product lifetime, the carbon is released

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as CO2 when the products are incinerated, regardless of with/without energy recovery. In Japan,

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for example, GHG emission from the waste treatment sector accounts for 2.3% of the annual

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GHG emissions.8 Among the wastes, incineration of waste plastics contribute to approximately

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half of the emissions.8 On the other hand, mechanical and/or chemical recycling of products


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would allow carbon reuse in some other product without contributing to climate change.

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Therefore, appropriate recovery of carbon from wastes can contribute to create a cycle with

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enhanced retention of carbon in our society that will also reduce the rate of consumption of

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virgin carbon sources.

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The amount of carbon stored in wooden products has been quantified by each country

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according to the IPCC guideline 9 in addition to the carbon cycle in ecosystems.6, 10 On the other

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hand, those stored in petroleum-derived products are less addressed. The flow and stock of such

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products are rarely analyzed, whereas the flows of other major elements have been actively

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quantified by material/substance flow analysis (MFA/SFA)11 in the last two decades.12, 13 The

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exceptions are the research on global carbon flow by Fujimori and Matsuoka,14 network analysis

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of carbon metabolism by Chen and Chen,15, 16 MFA studies by Gielen,17-20 and dynamic analysis

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by Lauk et al.13 Fujimori and Matsuoka, and Chen and Chen demonstrated a global/local flow

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analysis for carbon, including both emission and material use of petrochemical- and wood-

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derived carbons.14-16 Further, studies by Gielen17 and others18-20 precisely quantified the national

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flow of petroleum-derived carbon in petrochemical production and regarded the products as a

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potential source of carbon emission. Lauk et al.13 conducted dynamic quantification of

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socioeconomic carbon stocks from 1900 to 2008 in terms of wood-derived and petroleum-

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derived carbons.

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However, in these pioneering works, the end-uses of carbon were not clarified in detail. Both

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the type of end-uses (e.g., automobiles and constructions) and forms (e.g., plastic resins and

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synthetic rubbers) significantly affect the fate of carbon; however, the former has never been

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considered in these pioneering studies. For each type of end-uses and forms, the product lifetime

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and the reuse, refurbish, remanufacturing and/or recycling (hereafter referred to as "recovery")


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systems (with consideration of their ready availability) vary. Therefore, clarification of both the

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end-uses and forms of carbon is crucial for understanding the current flow and stock of

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materially utilized carbon in our society, which can then serve as a platform for subsequent

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discussion on the development of sustainable carbon cycle by coupling the societal and global

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carbon cycles.21

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This study quantifies the flow of materially utilized petroleum-derived and wood-derived

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carbons toward their end-uses by using the waste input-output MFA (WIO-MFA) model.22, 23

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This model is a useful top-down approach for estimating the flows of target materials among the

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economic activities described in an input-output (IO) table. The advantage of the model over

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conventional MFA approaches is that it can comprehensively trace the flow-paths of multiple

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target materials in inter-industrial transactions to final destinations described in an IO table

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simultaneously with considerations on generation of losses and the need for elimination of

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immaterial transactions from the original monetary IO table. In addition, material compositions

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of products present in the IO table are obtained, which represent the national averages of the

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material composition without preparing the composition data of products with enough

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representativeness prior to analysis such as conventional MFA. These features are suitable for

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the analysis of materially utilized carbon flow because the carbon contents in highly fabricated

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products can hardly be obtained from statistics and other sources and may be a source of high

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uncertainty, as Chen and Chen noted.15 Furthermore, since the model analyzes the flow of

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materials based on national monetary IO table with unit conversions for some inputs of key

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sectors from monetary to physical, it can provide a higher resolution of IO-based material flow

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rather than other IO-based MFA using physical IO tables (PIOTs)24 or IO table with limited

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number of sectors,15, 16 as proposed by Nakamura et al.23 The target materials in previous studies


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using WIO-MFA were base metals,22, 23, 25, 26 polyvinyl chloride,27 steel alloying elements,28-31

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and alloy steel materials.32 In this study, carbon flow is traced by regarding basic petrochemicals

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and timber as the target materials for petroleum-derived and wood-derived carbons, respectively,

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through various sectors toward end-uses (e.g., automobiles and constructions). Each of the

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sectors was studied in detail to determine the forms of carbon (e.g., plastic resins and synthetic

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rubbers) utilized and produced by them. Subsequently, we discuss the recoverability of carbon in

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each form and/or end-use present in Japanese IO table by considering the availability of recovery

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systems.

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2. METHODOLOGY AND DATA 2.1. WIO-MFA. WIO-MFA enables us to estimate the compositions of materials in products

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by tracing the direct and indirect flow of materials in a supply-chain.22,

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conducted based on a national IO table compiling inter-industrial transactions with some rows

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representing the sector inputs in physical unit (i.e., tonne) together with the rows representing the

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sector inputs in monetary value (i.e., 106 JPY). The composition of materials in product is

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derived as follows:

( − ) =

= ⊗ ( ⊗ ).

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WIO-MFA is

(1) (2)

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and represent the “filtered” input coefficient matrices corresponding to Here,

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the inputs of materials (M) to products (P) and inputs of products (P) to products (P),

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respectively. The sets P and M refer to the products included in the IO table and the target

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materials, respectively. The ingredients of the sets are listed in the Supporting Information

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(SI).The operator ⊗ represents Hadamard product (i.e., element-wise product). “Filtered”


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implies that the inputs do not form the mass of a product (e.g., the inputs of services, electricity,

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and process losses of materials) are removed from the general input coefficient matrix by

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multiplying the filter matrices for non-physical inputs () and process losses () as formulated

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in equation (2).22, 23 When input to sector is a physical input, the (, )-elements in matrix ,

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= 1; otherwise = 0. The (, )-elements in matrix , , range between 0 and 1, which

gives the ratio of input that becomes the weight of product . The (, )-elements in matrix ,

, is calculated as follows:

= 122 123 124

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where is the (, )-element of the IO table for WIO-MFA and is the th row of a vector

for domestic production. When sectors and have the same unit (i.e., both have physical

unit or monetary unit), has no unit. On the other hand, when the units of and are

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different, i.e., has a physical unit and has a monetary unit or vice versa, the units are t/106

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JPY or 10 6 JPY/t in this study. Consequently, from equation (1), the units of the elements in

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matrix are a mix of no unit and t/106 JPY for the physically indicated sectors and others,

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respectively. The (, )-element of matrix represents the mass of material directly and

indirectly introduced in a single unit (i.e., 1 t or 106 JPY) of product .

The physical flows of materials in a supply-chain can be described in the form of an IO table by applying matrix to the IO table as follows: !

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where

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#! (, ∈ P, ∈ M) =" ( = , ∈ P, ∈ M),

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is an (, )-element of the physical IO table for material , % ! ; #! is an (, )-

element of matrix representing the content of material in product ; (, ∈ P) is an (, )-


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element of ; ( = , ∈ P) is an (, )-element of , and is the th row of vector &

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representing the domestic productions of products. Furthermore, the contents of materials in the

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final demands of products can be calculated as follows:

'(! = #! '( ( ∈ P, ) ∈ K, ∈ M),

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where '(! and '( represent the (, ))-elements of the matrix representing the final demands for

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products in terms of content of material , + ! , and monetary basis, +, respectively. Set K

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includes export, import, and domestic final demands. Here, the basic formula of IO analysis,

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& = ( − ) ', is completed, where ' = ∑( '( . Notably, when ) is import, we are assuming

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that the material compositions of the imported products are the same as that of the domestically

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produced products. In addition to final demands, the process losses in each product-producing

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sector are quantified as follows:

-! = .(1 − ) /∈0

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∈ P, ∈ M),

(6)

where -! represents the th row of vector 1! for mass of loss of material during the

production of product , and and

!

correspond to the (, )-element of matrix and % ! ,

respectively. Summarizing them, the total flow of material can be compiled as 2 ! as follows:

2! = 3 147

! (

%! 1! 4

+! 5, 0

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where superscript ⊤ refers to the transpose of a matrix or vector. The material balance between input and output can be described as follows:


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!

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!

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∈

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. '(! (∈8

=

!

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(8)

(9)

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Here, ! is the content of in product . Equation (8) represents the balance between demands

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and productions. The balance between inputs and outputs as well as losses is given in equation

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(9).

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Further details on WIO-MFA can be found in previous works.22, 23, 28, 33

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2.2. Sector Definition and Data. The WIO-MFA table for carbon flow analysis was

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constructed based on Japan’s national IO table for 2011. We chose basic petrochemicals

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(ethylene, propylene, etc.), aromatic petrochemicals (benzene, toluene, xylene, etc.), recycled

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resins (recycled thermoplastic resin and high function resin), domestic and imported timbers, and

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recycled paper as target materials (i.e., the set of M in WIO-MFA) for carbon flow according to

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the sector definition in the original IO table for Japan. Carbon derived from basic petrochemicals

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(hereafter BPCs) as well as aromatic petrochemicals (hereafter APCs), and domestic and

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imported timbers are referred to as primary petro-carbon and primary woody-carbon,

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respectively. The recycled resins and recycled paper are regarded as secondary petro-carbon and

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secondary woody-carbon, respectively. As described in equation (1), the calculation of WIO-

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MFA includes the flows starting from “M” (i.e., BPCs, APCs, and timbers) and spreading to “P.”

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This implies that sectors with lower degree of fabrication compared to “M” sectors such as

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naphtha, petroleum, natural gas, and coal, which were categorized as resources “R” providing


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carbon for “M”, were excluded from the scope of carbon flow in this study. By defining BPCs

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and APCs as M, the amount of petro-carbon can be obtained by applying carbon-containing ratio

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(C-ratio) based on their stoichiometric coefficients rather than “R” sectors, which are the raw

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materials of BPCs and APCs. The C-ratio is defined as the weight ratio of carbon in the

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molecular weight of a material. For example, the C-ratio of ethylene (C2H4) can be calculated as

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(12*2) / (12*2+1*4) ≈ 0.86. The C-ratios in “R” sectors are uncertain because of their varying

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lengths of carbon chains. In case of “P” sectors, all sectors having a higher degree of fabrication

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than that of the “M” sectors in the IO table were categorized. The details of sector classification

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and categorization into “R,”, “M,” and “P” are provided in SI.

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The original IO table for Japan has compiled the transactions within the Japanese economy in a

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monetary unit (i.e., 1 million JPY). Therefore, the values of target sectors as well as intermediate

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products sectors (hereafter key sectors) in the rows needed to be described with respect to the

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mass of carbon for carbon flow analysis by WIO-MFA. The sectors which are converted their

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values in the rows in the IO table into carbon mass basis were listed in Table S2 in SI. To obtain

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the flows as carbon mass basis, the monetary values were converted into physical values (i.e.,

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tonne) as a first step.

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The IO table for Japan has a physical-value table indicating physical inputs as an appendix for a

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limited number of sectors.34 Thus, we applied the physical values to all the sectors listed in Table

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S2 for which physical inputs were available; otherwise, unit price (i.e., t/million JPY) was

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applied to convert the monetary unit to physical unit. As the second step, the physical values of

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the key sectors were converted into carbon mass basis by applying C-ratio. For petrochemicals,

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the C-ratio can be obtained based on their stoichiometric coefficients and molecular weights. The

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amount of carbon in timbers was determined by tree species based on their bulk density and


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carbon contents.8 It should be noted that the other BPCs, other APCs, and petrochemical

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intermediate product sectors in Table S2 (i.e., aliphatic intermediates, cyclic intermediates,

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thermo-setting resins, thermoplastic resins, high-function resins, other resins, and synthetic

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rubber) are aggregated sectors consisting of subsectors. Thus, the C-ratios for these aggregated

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sectors cannot be simply obtained from the stoichiometric coefficient of a single product. The

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details of the calculation of weighted average C-ratios for each of these sectors presented is

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described in the SI. We introduced the values of key sectors in carbon mass basis for not only

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“M,” but also “P” to maintain the mass balance of carbon at least among the key sectors. For

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example, aliphatic intermediates are produced mainly by the inputs of BPCs. Thus, the inputs of

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carbon associated with BPCs to aliphatic intermediates were already quantified by the unit

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conversion procedure for inputs of BPCs from monetary to physical and from physical to carbon

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mass basis, as mentioned above. Besides, the produced masses of aliphatic intermediates can be

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obtained from statistics,34 and their carbon contents can be calculated by the C-ratio based on

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stoichiometric coefficient. Consequently, we can determine the yield ratio of carbon in the

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production of aliphatic intermediates based on the mass balance of carbon between the inputs

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and production. The obtained yield ratios of carbon for key sectors categorized in “P” were

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utilized as the filter in the calculation of to separate the loss of carbon during productions

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from the subsequent flow of carbon. The balances between timbers and wooden material (i.e.,

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lumber, plywood, and wooden tip) were also maintained in the same way. For paper production

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including pulping, the yield ratios were referred to Van Ewijk et al.35 For other fabrication

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processes of carbon-containing products, the yield ratio was homogeneously set as 0.9 due to

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limited data availability. Further details on the unit conversion steps and the yield ratios are

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presented in SI.


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In addition to sector categorization into “R,” “M,” and “P,” we defined several sectors in “P”

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sectors as form-determining sectors, which represent the forms of carbon in our society. The

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form-determining sectors are listed in Table S8. Using equation (1) by re-categorizing these

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form-determining sectors and sectors with lower degree of fabrication compared to them (e.g.,

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BPCs, APCs, and intermediates) as “M” and “R,” respectively, carbon flows starting from the

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form-determining sector could be drawn.23, 31 Thus, we obtained the forms of carbon in final

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demands for end-uses. This procedure is explained in more detail in the SI.

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As a limitation of this method, we cannot trace carbon flows originating from materials other

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than the target materials defined in this study such as carbon black and carbon fiber. Although

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they are included in the original IO table for Japan,34 they are aggregated into sectors comprising

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various subsectors. Due to limited data on such relatively minor materials, it is difficult to assign

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inputs to carbon materials from the aggregated sector to specific sectors in the IO table.

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Moreover, the classifications of the aggregated sectors in the IO table may also introduce some

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uncertainties to the flow and composition of carbon although the IO table for Japan is one of the

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highest-resolution tables among the national IO tables. To deal with this limitation, sector

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disaggregation with extrapolation of data from process-based bottom-up MFA has often been

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applied in previous studies.27-30 However, it is not the case in this study because the focus of this

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study is the quantification and visualization of overall trend of carbon flow in Japanese economy

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in 2011. Due to the abovementioned issues in sector definition and classification, the current

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model can only be applied to Japanese IO table having around 400 sectors including sectors of

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individual petrochemicals and intermediates. Another candidate IO table to which the method

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can be applied is the IO table for the U.S.,36 which has large numbers of sectors similar to the

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Japanese table. However, the data-intensive disaggregation of sectors is necessary because of its


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aggregated sector classification on petrochemicals. Therefore, the results in this study represent a

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benchmark for the case of a developed country to quantify the importance for consideration of

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the carbon retention in our society.

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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

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3.1. Carbon Flow in Japanese Economy. In the case study on Japanese economy in 2011, it

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was found that carbon was diversely utilized as a part of material, which forms the weight of

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products originating from petrochemicals and timbers. Figure 1 illustrates the Japanese carbon

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flows with 23 nodes, which is an aggregated representation of sectors in the IO table, net trade,

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and losses. The details of sector aggregation in Figure 1 and carbon contents of products in the

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IO table are provided in the SI. In addition, the accuracy of the model was tested in the SI. In

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terms of woody-carbon, the imports of wooden intermediates such as lumbers, plywood, and

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wooden chips contributed to enlarge the inflow of primary woody-carbon in addition to domestic

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timbers. Consequently, 16.5 Mt of primary woody-carbon and 21.6 Mt of primary petro-carbon

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were introduced to Japanese economy in 2011. In addition to primary carbons, recycled paper

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added 6.4 Mt of secondary woody-carbon into paper products, whereas recycled resins provided

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tiny flows of secondary petro-carbon into resins and plastic products. Petro-carbon was widely

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spread in various sectors mainly in the form of plastic products, rubber products, and other

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chemical products. Eventually, 29% (6.3 Mt-C) of the initial input of petro-carbon remained in

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domestic final demands. On the other hand, woody-carbon was intensively consumed in limited

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sectors such as construction and paper products. In domestic final demands, 53% (7.9 Mt-C) of

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primary woody-carbon was introduced to the society. Consequently, total 14.2 Mt-C was newly

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added to carbon retention in Japanese society, which corresponded to about 4.1% (52.1 Mt-CO2)


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of annual carbon emissions as CO2 in Japan in 2011.8 Besides the retained carbon in domestic

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final demands, considerable amounts of carbon flowed into the node of service activities

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accounting for 5.0 Mt and 8.1 Mt of petro- and woody-carbons, respectively. However, service

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activities do not provide any physical product but immaterial products to customers. Therefore,

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the carbon-entered sectors belonging to service activities were regarded as non-recoverable

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carbon in further discussions due to the difficulty in determining the fates of carbons introduced

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into the sectors. The flows from the service sectors were filtered out by matrix Φ in equation (2).

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Figure 1. Comprehensive flow of petro-carbon and woody-carbon in Japanese economy in 2011.

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The details of sector aggregation and the carbon contents of products of the sectors in IO table

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are given in the SI.

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Among the flows of carbons, some left the system as losses. The loss of petro-carbon during

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the production of aliphatic and cyclic intermediates was estimated at approximately 3.9 Mt by


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balancing the carbon input from BPCs and APCs and the output of the intermediates. In addition,

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6.4 Mt of woody-carbon was eliminated from the flow during pulping and paper production as

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lignin and/or paper sludge. A large part of the losses of woody-carbon from paper production

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have been recovered as an energy source,35 which implies that it led to the release of carbon into

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atmosphere as CO2 although it could be regarded as carbon-neutral. Furthermore, packaging

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materials for intermediate products left the system as loss. In total, 7.4 Mt and 12.3 Mt of petro-

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and woody-carbon, respectively, were lost through economic activities.

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3.2. Forms of Carbon. In addition to the amount of carbon introduced to the society,

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information on the form of carbon is indispensable to the development of a strategy to enhance

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carbon retention because the forms of carbon highly affect the recoverability of carbon from end-

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of-life (EoL) products. Carbon retained as a component in final demands as the forms listed in

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Table S7 was calculated as 13.3 Mt-C, which is 94% of the total retained carbon (14.2 Mt-C).

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Other portions went to the products with lower degree of fabrication without passing through the

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focal sectors.

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Resins share was 22% (3.1 Mt) of carbon retained in the final demands (Figure 2)

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corresponding to 11.5 Mt-CO2. Compared to CO2 emission from waste plastic incineration (7.1

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Mt-CO2) in Japan in 2011,8 the net increase in carbon retention in the form of resin can be

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estimated as around 1.2 Mt-C. Among the resins, thermoplastic resin dominated the share

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followed by high-function resin (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate (PET); for more details on

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categorization, see SI). Recycling technologies have been developed for the wastes of these two

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types of resins37,

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resins such as thermosetting resins.45 However, till date, the main treatment of thermoplastic and

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evaluated by LCA,39-43 and practically implemented44 compared to other


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high-function resins is heat recovery by incineration.44, 46 Synthetic rubber with 2% share of

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carbon retained in the final demands is also similarly recycled.47 Innovations in recycling of

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resins and rubber are required to keep the retained carbon as functional as possible.48, 49 Further,

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chemical fibers have 4% share of retained carbon. Because the main user of chemical fibers is

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the apparel industry, reuse of second-hand clothing would contribute to carbon preservation in

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products.50 Although the share of other chemical products is 11% of carbon retained in the final

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demands in various forms, recovering carbon from them appears difficult. For example, paints

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with a large share of the category “other chemical products” emit some carbon after painting

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with the evaporation of solvent.51 Carbon emissions resulting from the usage of products in this

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category are quantified in the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory.8

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Figure 2. Shares of forms of carbon in final demands. The inner pie chart represents share in

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large-scale categories of forms, and the outer pie chart shows the breakdowns in each large-scale

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category. Percentages for the outer pie chart are provided in SI.

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Wooden intermediates, which are consumed mainly in constructions (Figure 1), has 35% share

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of retained carbon in the final demands. This implies that a large part of carbon entering our

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society in this form may get retained for a relatively long time according to the lifetime of

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constructions.52 In addition, as Sathre and Gustavsson demonstrated,53 cascade utilizations of

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recovered wood for materials would contribute to the reduction of carbon emission although it

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depends on the maturity of forests and its availability as a biomass resource. Paper products have

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20% share of retained carbon in the final demands mainly as paper and cardboard boxes. More

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than half of paper products were produced by utilizing recycled paper in Japan in 2011 (63%).54

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certain types of paper such as sanitary paper (sharing 0.6%) are difficult to recover as paper

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materials.

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Likewise, we can discuss the recoverability of carbon retained in various forms by referring to

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the technology that can treat carbon in the target forms in EoL products. A review of the

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recoverability of carbon in various forms revealed that a large portion of carbon (approximately

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81%) are theoretically recoverable and can be retained in products again, except for carbon

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utilized in forms that are hard to recover such as cosmetics, paints, and sanitary paper. Although

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LCA works have proved the benefits of recycling in the reduction of CO2 emission and/or energy

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conservation, many of the proposed recycling technologies have not been practically applied yet

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in the current society. In the extreme, it implies that if we could recover all of the theoretically

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recoverable carbons introduced to the Japanese society in 2011 at their EoL stage with


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appropriate technologies, approximately 42.2 Mt of CO2 emission corresponding to 3.3% of CO2

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emission in 2011 would be avoided. However, we must also consider the energy consumption

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and GHG emission during the recovery processes in reality. The emission reduction by carbon

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recovery as material would substantially contribute to decarbonization toward the achievement

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of Japanese target of reducing to -26% GHG emission by 2030 from the level in 2013, as stated

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in the agenda for the Paris agreement.2

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3.3. Final Destination of Carbon. Multiple forms of carbon are jointly utilized in products.

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Therefore, the mode and time of EoL carbon generation should be considered based on the types

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of products (i.e., end-uses) as well as forms. Figure 3 shows the top 10 products with the highest

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contents of petro-carbon in their final demands with the breakdown into forms of carbon. Petro-

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carbon retention in the top 10 products shared 41% of petro-carbon introduced in Japanese

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society in 2011. Carbon contents derived from wood-originated forms were also observed in

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residential constructions due to the use of coated paper and miscellaneous wooden products

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containing small amounts of petro-carbon in addition to woody-carbon. The result of woody-

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carbon is presented in the SI.

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Passenger motor cars were the most petro-carbon-demanding products, followed by cosmetics

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and dentifrices. Although a large carbon flow as electric and electronic products into the

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domestic final demand is observed in Figure 1, they did not appear in the top 10 products due to

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their relatively small final demands as individual products. For example, household electric

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appliances (except for air-conditioner) and cellular phones ranked 11th and 12th, respectively.

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Carbon forms in passenger motor cars were mainly dominated by resins used in various parts

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reuse in the EoL treatment of automobiles, majority of them are shredded together with other

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materials (e.g., metals, rubbers, and textiles) and collected as automobile shredder residue

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(ASR).55, 56 Once various kinds of resins are mixed in ASR, it is almost impossible to separate

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them from each other. The mechanical recycling of recovered resins wherein they are

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horizontally utilized in the forms is difficult unless a sensor-based sophisticated sorting

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technique for resins that is under development57 becomes available. To date, the difficulty in re-

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sorting the resins of ASR demands the adoption of energy recovery technologies as the main

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treatment method.56 Instead of horizontal mechanical recycling of resins from ASR,

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gasification56,

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investigated as an alternative to recover carbon rather than its utilization as a heat source. In

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addition to increasing the removal of resin parts from EoL automobiles for reuse, practical

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implementations of these ASR treatment technologies in EoL automobile recycling will

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contribute to the preservation of carbon in our society.

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Figure 3. Top 10 largest petro-carbon-containing products (∈ P) in their final demands with

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breakdown into forms of carbon. Top 10 products share 41% of petro-carbon introduced to

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Japanese society in 2011. Cosmetics and dentifrices appear in the top 10 as a product as well as a

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form due to its large domestic final demand as itself rather than as endogenous demands. In

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addition, small amounts of petro-C accompanied with wood-originated forms such as coated

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paper and miscellaneous wooden products are observed particularly in residential constructions.

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Percentage breakdowns are provided in SI.

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As mentioned in Section 3.2, carbon consumed in the forms of other chemical products would

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be hardly recovered from the EoL products. Cosmetics and dentifrices have large demands for

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carbon in their own forms, which are likely to dissipate immediately after use. In the final

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demands for cosmetics and dentifrices, some resin-derived carbons were observed. The resins are

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mainly for packaging materials, while some of them are microplastics (from facial cleansers and


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dentifrices), which have recently been regarded as a problematic pollutant in the marine

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environment.60 Carbon dissipation as microplastics is undesirable due to carbon loss into

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environment in harmful forms. Besides, carbon in the forms of paint and varnish appeared in

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many kinds of products. As mentioned earlier, some portions of carbon in paints and coatings

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diffuse into air with solvent evaporation after painting.51 However, as long as paint and varnish

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are included in long-lifetime products such as automobiles and constructions, the remained

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portion of retained carbon in paint and varnish can be preserved in products during their lifetime.

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This implies that the extension of product lifetime will also contribute to carbon preservation in

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society as well as reducing frequent use of carbon in dissipative forms.

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3.4. Implications and Future Direction of the Research. This study quantified and

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visualized the flow of carbon in Japanese economy in 2011. Furthermore, the recoverability of

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carbon in EoL stage of carbon end-uses was discussed referring to related recycling technologies.

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While EoL carbon end-uses involve incineration aiming at energy recovery in many current

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cases, emerging technologies leading to preservation of carbon in society are under development.

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At the same time, in the policy side, the quality of recycling and the subsequent preservation of

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materials are indicated as two of the essential components of the ongoing discussion on the

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concept and definition of circular economy.61-63 Japan, who has 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle)

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laws, is also investigating the need for updating the laws with advanced recycling system.49, 64 As

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shown in Figure 3, passenger motor cars and plastic products are the main resin-using products,

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as observed by analyzing the carbon flows starting from the form-determining sectors. Under the

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current law in Japan, for example, material recovery of resins from ASR generated during EoL

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automobile treatment is not expressly required, and ASR is mainly treated by incineration with


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energy recovery.56 In addition, small plastic products other than packaging and/or container are

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not separately collected as plastic waste in the current system.64 To establish a quality carbon

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cycle in our society as well as a global cycle, interaction between technologists and policymakers

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is highly expected. This study can facilitate such an interaction by numerically showing the

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necessity and potential of implementing appropriate technologies and policies.

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To provide more practical suggestions, dynamic MFA considering product lifetimes will be a

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future direction of the study to determine the release of carbon or its return to the society under

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the current or advanced recycling system by applying MaTrace model.65-67 In addition,

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optimization of selected technologies among multiple recycling options for satisfying the

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objectives (e.g., minimization of GHG emission and/or cost) can be conducted by applying IO-

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based optimization methods.68-70 The issue of contamination by plasticizers for specific types of

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plastic resins in recycling as well as the sanitary issue for food-contacting use of recycled resins

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should also be considered as constraints in the optimization by tracing flows passing through

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sectors in which such problems may occur.71-73 Furthermore, the contribution of demand side

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such as household consumption74-77 to the carbon cycle will be evaluated as a future direction

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because behaviors of the demand side may directly affect the carbon release especially from

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relatively short-lifetime products such as cosmetics and beverage bottles. Even if the government

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dispenses the law for waste separation and collection toward recycling enhancement, the effect

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of the law would depend on the behavior of people. In this regard, a decomposition analysis for

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household consumption categorized into several groups by ages or incomes74-77 will be effective

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for determining the groups that own much carbon in their households, and thus, can mainly serve

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toward the development of carbon-cycling society. In the decomposition analysis, the future

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trend of carbon retention will also be estimated by adjusting to the population change


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prediction.74 This series of studies will provide some directions toward the development of low-

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carbon circular economy.

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ASSOCIATED CONTENT

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Supporting Information. This Supporting Information is available free of charge via the

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Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Detailed list of sets, sector classification and categorization, calculation of C-ratio of aggregated

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sectors, flowchart of calculation procedure, determination of yield ratio for inputs of packaging

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materials, method to determine material composition of products by forms of carbon, details of

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sector aggregation, carbon contents of products of the sectors in IO table, the test for the

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accuracy of the model, supplemental data for Figure 2 and Figure 3, and graph of top 10 woody-

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carbon-demanding sectors (PDF).

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Matrices and vectors used in the calculation (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet).

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Tel.: +81-22-795-5869; E-mail: [email protected].

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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This study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (KAKENHI

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