TY - GEN
T1 - Causal loops in automotive recycling
AU - Halabi, Ezzat El
AU - Doolan, Matthew
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Each year in Australia, more than 610,000 cars reach the end of their use cycle; termed End of Life Vehicles (ELVs). The market-driven recycling of ELVs in Australia is done by operators in the automotive industry with no ELV-specific policies governing their operations. System Dynamics is applied to the automotive recycling sector. Across three Australian states, thirteen stakeholder interviews were conducted to identify the flows of materials in the system and the influencing factors driving these flows. This paper presents a discussion of the causal loops and scenarios identified from interview data and field observations around the dynamics of ELV Sourcing, Workforce, and Premises relating to the automotive recycling business.
AB - Each year in Australia, more than 610,000 cars reach the end of their use cycle; termed End of Life Vehicles (ELVs). The market-driven recycling of ELVs in Australia is done by operators in the automotive industry with no ELV-specific policies governing their operations. System Dynamics is applied to the automotive recycling sector. Across three Australian states, thirteen stakeholder interviews were conducted to identify the flows of materials in the system and the influencing factors driving these flows. This paper presents a discussion of the causal loops and scenarios identified from interview data and field observations around the dynamics of ELV Sourcing, Workforce, and Premises relating to the automotive recycling business.
KW - Causal loop diagrams
KW - Recycling
KW - System dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886909825&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781627485784
T3 - 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2012, ISSS 2012: Service Systems, Natural Systems
SP - 906
EP - 921
BT - 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2012, ISSS 2012
T2 - 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2012: Service Systems, Natural Systems, ISSS 2012
Y2 - 15 July 2012 through 20 July 2012
ER -