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%A Freeman, Rachel
%A Angulo, Maria
%A Yearworth, Mike
%A Quested, Tom
%C Albany (New York)
%D 2013
%E Eberlein, Robert
%E Martínez-Moyano, Ignacio J
%F discovery:10126997
%I System Dynamics Society
%T Evidence Building for Waste Prevention: Understanding the Causal Influences that Result in Waste
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126997/
%X Waste prevention can be viewed as a set of practices that reduce the amount of  waste generated in the economy; they can be undertaken during the design,  manufacture, distribution, use and disposal phases of the product lifecycle. A  research project funded by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and  Rural Affairs (Defra) applied systems methodologies to support development of  new waste prevention policy in England. The project developed a system  dynamics model designed to capture existing knowledge on the causal influences  that lead to waste generation. The model was developed firstly through several  group model building workshops with key experts and stakeholders which  produced a set of basic causal loop diagrams, and then through the development  of a comprehensive system dynamics model by an expert modelling team. The  key structure in the model is a materials flow map of materials and products  through the economy; the material flows are driven by the dynamics in seven submodels. Preliminary results from the project are presented in this paper. Policy  interventions referred to in this paper are solely for the purposes of explaining the  modelling approach and the views expressed are those of the authors and do not  necessarily reflect those of Defra.
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