Enhancing Secondary Aluminium Supply: Optimising Urban Mining Through a Systems Thinking Approach
摘要
As the demand for sustainable recyclingRecycling methods grows, this research investigates the key factors influencing post-consumer aluminiumAluminium recyclingRecycling systems to ensure a resilient supply chain for a range of applications. Using a System Dynamics (SD) modellingModelling perspective, the study integrates variables such as collecting rates, sorting efficiency, and market dynamics to better understand the supply–demand interactions within aluminiumAluminium recyclingRecycling systems. The research offers insights into optimising urban miningUrban mining processes for aluminiumAluminium, addressing key barriers, and focusing on the value and efficiency of the post-consumer aluminiumAluminium recyclingRecycling system. Using an industrial case as a foundation, the conceptual model demonstrates the importance of improving local recyclingRecycling practices to benefit a wide range of actors. This paper outlines the conceptual SD modellingModelling steps used to analyse the post-consumer aluminiumAluminium scrap recyclingRecycling system and discusses how SD could help tackle the challenges facing the industryIndustry, contributing to future systematic research in sustainable recyclingRecycling.