This article proposes an agent-based model to study the impact of the European regulation REACH on industrial dynamics. This new regulation was adopted in 2006 and establishes a new philosophy of how to design environmental protection and health, especially through the authorization process and...

This paper presents an agent-based simulation model that models both economical and physical relations between firms, recyclers and consumers. This framework allows an investigation into the connection between physical environmental variables (waste flows, virgin material flows) and economic...