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USE OF SYSTEM DYNAMICS TO EVALUATE SCENARIOS OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLING
Abstract
In this article is presented a computer simulation model, since their development until its
validation, which aims to support environmental managers in their decisions regarding the
definition and / or maintenance of solid waste policies recycling, as well as evaluating the benefits
of process in the environment (in this article we evaluated the energy savings). For the model
development was considered: the rate of natural population growth (births and deaths), percentage
of solid waste recycled (for each type of material), gravimetric composition of the material in the total waste generated, the amount of waste generated per inhabitant and energy savings caused by
each distinct type of material. Through the model results generated, end users (environmental
managers) thereof may, for example, set incentives to reduce the total generation of solid waste,
produce campaigns enhancing reuse and recycling and to assess the relative benefits of energy
savings caused by recycling. Model validation was through analysis of future scenarios for a given
municipality in southern Brazil.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 910-924
Author's Name: Eugênio de Oliveira Simonetto, Glauco Oliveira Rodrigues, Luiz Cláudio Dalmolin and Nilson Ribeiro Modro
Volume: Volume 4
Issues: Volume 4
Keywords: Computer simulation, Recycling, Environmental Management.
Year: 2014
Month: June
Pages: 910-924