Computational modelling of selected E-waste recycling process

Abstract

E-wastes generation and management is still a major challenge for most developing countries. This paper discusses the development of a computational model for effective generation, accumulation and disposal of e-waste. This is with a view to providing information for managing the pattern of the e-waste growth and the recycling processes. Coloured Petri net (CPN) was used to model three selected e-waste recycling process. These models were simulated and analysed using the CPN Tools. The results of the simulation of the selected ewaste process models showed that the e-waste dynamics is a forward sequential and concurrent process. The model never can reach a state, which it is impossible to terminate with the correct result.

Keywords: E-waste, Computational model, Recycling process, Simulation, State space

Vol. 26 No 1, June 2019