Resource Recovery and the Sherwood Plot.

Our work analyzes the biophysical and economic foundations of the (SP). In general, the SP depicts the theoretical relationship between the a target material or an identified (VAC) from a waste matrix and its in the waste matrix; specifically suggesting that the recovery cost is reverse proportional to the VAC's dilution in it. We further utilize the SP as a scientifically consistent and economically coherent analytical framework for measuring performance. Initially, we analyze the SP's fundamental physical properties, as well as its many potential economic extensions. Specifically, we substantiate the relation between a VAC's and . On these grounds we present the SP's remarkable and numerous economic properties that make it consistent to its physical foundations; thus integrating concisely its physical and economic aspects and postulate a . We further test econometrically the validity of an SP based on both and real data from a small-scale industrial unit of polyphenols' recovery from natural fruit juice production residual wastewater. In turn, based on the fusion of our theoretical argumentation and empirical findings we dive into the extensions of the SP. Specifically, we study how the recovery at the single industry level is revealed by the SP and can be useful for postulating cost structure . Cost ontologies are in turn useful as a of the of as well as their structure and concentration, defining the industrial shares when many industries operate in the recovery of the same VAC.