Application of System Dynamics to Assess Mass Flows of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
ISBN
978-1-935056-09-6
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-07-22
Author(s)
Abstract
The consumption and disposal of electrical and electronic equipment forms a dynamic system. This paper applies system dynamics methodology to assess mass flows of end-of-life equipment. In the paper, two modelling approaches to forecasting disposal of consumer dura-bles are discussed, namely the "delay model" approach and the "reverse diffusion model" ap-proach. Applying the same dataset on the disposal of cathode ray tube personal computer monitors in Switzerland to both the approaches, the estimates and forecasts of the models are compared against real system data. The comparison provides a
Language
English
Keywords
Electronic Waste
Mass Flows
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Book title
Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
Publisher
International System Dynamics Society
Publisher place
New York
Event Title
30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
Event Location
St. Gallen
Event Date
22.-26.07.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
217101