Macroeconomic Impact of Austria's Classical Waste Recycling Economy

The aim of the study is to analyse the economic impacts of recycling iron and steel, aluminium, paper and glass waste for Austria. In addition to the analysis of employment and value added effects from recovering secondary raw materials for the substitution of primary raw materials in Austria or for export, the effects of current recycling on greenhouse gas emissions are estimated. The analysis is carried out using the WIFO.DYNK model which has been adapted for these purposes. This includes the integration of data sets on primary and secondary production processes, in particular regarding the use of energy and resources in production which are calculated on the basis of physical material flows and prices.