?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evidence+Building+for+Waste+Prevention%3A+Understanding+the+Causal+Influences+that+Result+in+Waste&rft.creator=Freeman%2C+Rachel&rft.creator=Angulo%2C+Maria&rft.creator=Yearworth%2C+Mike&rft.creator=Quested%2C+Tom&rft.description=Waste+prevention+can+be+viewed+as+a+set+of+practices+that+reduce+the+amount+of%0D%0Awaste+generated+in+the+economy%3B+they+can+be+undertaken+during+the+design%2C%0D%0Amanufacture%2C+distribution%2C+use+and+disposal+phases+of+the+product+lifecycle.+A%0D%0Aresearch+project+funded+by+the+UK%E2%80%99s+Department+for+Environment%2C+Food+and%0D%0ARural+Affairs+(Defra)+applied+systems+methodologies+to+support+development+of%0D%0Anew+waste+prevention+policy+in+England.+The+project+developed+a+system%0D%0Adynamics+model+designed+to+capture+existing+knowledge+on+the+causal+influences%0D%0Athat+lead+to+waste+generation.+The+model+was+developed+firstly+through+several%0D%0Agroup+model+building+workshops+with+key+experts+and+stakeholders+which%0D%0Aproduced+a+set+of+basic+causal+loop+diagrams%2C+and+then+through+the+development%0D%0Aof+a+comprehensive+system+dynamics+model+by+an+expert+modelling+team.+The%0D%0Akey+structure+in+the+model+is+a+materials+flow+map+of+materials+and+products%0D%0Athrough+the+economy%3B+the+material+flows+are+driven+by+the+dynamics+in+seven+submodels.+Preliminary+results+from+the+project+are+presented+in+this+paper.+Policy%0D%0Ainterventions+referred+to+in+this+paper+are+solely+for+the+purposes+of+explaining+the%0D%0Amodelling+approach+and+the+views+expressed+are+those+of+the+authors+and+do+not%0D%0Anecessarily+reflect+those+of+Defra.&rft.publisher=System+Dynamics+Society&rft.contributor=Eberlein%2C+Robert&rft.contributor=Mart%C3%ADnez-Moyano%2C+Ignacio+J&rft.date=2013-07-21&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=31st+International+Conference+of+the+System+Dynamics+Society&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Eberlein%2C+Robert+and+Mart%C3%ADnez-Moyano%2C+Ignacio+J%2C+(eds.)+Proceedings+of+the+31st+International+Conference+of+the+System+Dynamics+Society.++++System+Dynamics+Society%3A+Albany+(New+York).+(2013)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10126997%2F1%2FFreeman%2520et%2520al.%2520-%25202013%2520-%2520Evidence%2520Building%2520for%2520Waste%2520Prevention%2520Understanding%2520the%2520Causal%2520Influences%2520that%2520Result%2520in%2520Waste.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10126997%2F&rft.rights=open