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and provide verification and logistic support to this
environmental problem (AK and Atkins,2007). This
system is being designed to use RFID technology
and digital imagery to integrate records including
construction material, location, volumes and weight,
container movement and delivery tracking
inventories and scheduling etc. It will be integrated
into a knowledge hub that can be used to predict the
scheduled logistics of plasterboard waste to
recycling plants using simulation techniques to
improve processing operations. This system can
ensure that containers of plasterboard waste go to
the correct destination and provide verifiable
evidence of each stage of the operation for auditing
purposes and independent scrutiny. This can also be
used by waste disposal or recycling companies to
provide improved logistical support to the recycling
of other materials such as wood and glass to improve
recycling capability.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank Dr. Emma Price for the
technical support in producing this paper.
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