Jen Morgan, a UK student and winner of the latest SIMUL8 student competition, talks about her simulation:
What we do with waste is a contentious issue garnering regular attention in the press; from discussions around the number of bins to changing our perception of waste and encouraging social responsibility.
The pressure to reduce costs for councils coupled with the public disdain for high numbers of recycling bins leads to tension. However, environmental concerns mean these issues need to be explored and the public provided with information on how their behavior has a significant impact on the viability of recycling.
This was the intention of the recycling plant simulation created for the SIMUL8 student competition; seeking to provide a model to explore how sort options or box schemes impact quality, costs and overall viability.
It seems that there are many places that simulation could be of great use within the environmental
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