Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts Handbook

Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) describe the physical interaction of the economy with the natural environment and with the rest of the world economy in terms of flows of materials. This handbook, prepared by Eurostat, presents the theoretical and conceptual foundations of EW-MFA and provides compilation guidelines as well as possible applications. It primarily addresses compilers of EW-MFA but also the users who are interested in understanding more of the underpinning statistical methodology.