Within the contemporary paradigm of escalating intricacy within waste supply chains, the utilization of simulation as a modeling instrument for existing processes within supply chains has assumed a pivotal role. This instrument is utilized for the analysis and generation of scenarios, with the objective of predicting results and performance indicators in terms of sustainability. Nevertheless, a plethora of studies concentrate on the reduction of costs and collection and treatment times, emphasizing operational and logistical performance, while human behavior is regarded as a constant variable. However, this approach is not without its limitations, particularly when it comes to the applicability of models in real-life settings. In such contexts, it becomes imperative to incorporate societal behaviors, such as adherence to sustainable policies, into the modeling process. It is therefore crucial to make the model dynamic and more realistic. The present article thus aims primarily to examine the societal contribution to the simulation of waste supply chains through a literature review of concepts such as the role of society in sustainability and simulation. Subsequently, a quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed using the Scopus database. The results of the study indicate that a mere 6% of the documents under review are associated with the social dimension of sustainability, a figure that is clearly insufficient given the importance of the social dimension. It is recommended that further studies be conducted in order to apply this dimension of sustainability to simulation, with a view to obtaining more complex and robust models and, consequently, more accurate results.