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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 production,andconsumptionisstillbasedonalinear“throwawayculture”(LS, sec.22)andfeedsmainly thewell-offs.“Theconsumptiondecisionandlifestyles ofthemiddleandupperclassesarecurrentlymakingthebiggestcontributionto the causes of global environmental problems.”9According to research at the PotsdamInstituteofClimateImpact,“thepoorareresponsibleforatinyshareof global emissions, yet theyhave tobear the greatest consequences. Contrary to what some have claimed, it is not themass of poor people that destroys the planet, but theconsumptionof the rich.Globalwarming is theconsequenceof this development of a few andwill affect everyone, but brings devastation es- pecially to the weakest in society.”10Research on household consumption in Finlandmappingavisionfor2050demandstocut theuseofmaterial resources bya factorof five, fromcurrently 40 to8 tonsperpersonayear.11Theauthors admitthatthereisan“enormoustransformationtask”anda“longwaytogo”in viewof reducingprevailingpatternsofmaterial use.The total consumptionof resources in Germany per person in 2004 was 74.000kg or 74metric tons.12 WEEE (Waste Electrical andElectronicEquipment, or e-waste) is globally the fastestgrowingwastestream.Theyear2016saw44.7milliontons(Mt)ofe-waste worldwide, with only 20 percent (8.9 Mt) of it being collected and recycled properly, resulting in 80 percent (35.8Mt) of it being unaccounted for.13This entails enormous environmental, social and political implications, as scarce so-calledconflictmaterialsarecrucialfortheproductionespeciallyofelectronic equipment.“Thetotalvalueofallrawmaterialspresentine-wasteisestimatedat approximately 55 billion euros in 2016, which is more than the 2016 Gross Domestic Product ofmost countries in the world.”14Robertson affirms that: 9 WBGU,HumanProgresswithinPlanetaryGuardRails,p. 3. 10 Hans JoachimSchellnhuber,CommonGround:ThePapalEncyclical, Scienceand thePro- tectionofPlanetEarth,PotsdamInstitute forClimateImpactResearch,Germany;SantaFe Institute forComplexSystemsResearch,USA,Rome, June18th2015,p. 2. 11 Michael Lettenmeier / Christa Liedtke /Holger Rohn, Eight Tons ofMaterial Footprint – SuggestionforaResourceCapforHouseholdConsumptioninFinland,in:Resources3/2014, p. 3, see: www.mdpi.com/journal/resources (accessed on February 20th 2018). See also: StefanBringezu,PossibleTargetCorridor forSustainableUseofGlobalMaterialResources, in: Resources 4/2015, see: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/4/1/25 (accessed on June 21st 2019). 12 Cf. Gerd Scholl et al., Konsumenten- und kundennahe Ansätze zur Ressourceneffizienz- steigerung. ZusammenfassungderErgebnissedesArbeitspakets 12desProjekts “Materia- leffizienz und Ressourcenschonung” (MaRess),Wuppertal, July 2010, p. 3, see: www.res- sourcen.wupperinst.org (accessedonAugust28th2019). 13 C. P. Bald8 et al., TheGlobal E-wasteMonitor – 2017, UnitedNationsUniversity (UNU), International Telecommunication Union (ITU)& International SolidWaste Association (ISWA),Bonn-Geneva-Vienna,2016,pp. 4–6. 14 Ibid., p. 7. Resources forFuture inaCaringEconomy 685 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0