Optimization of municipal solid waste (MSW) collection and transportation through source
separation becomes one of the major concerns in the MSW management system design …

Solid waste is one of the important causes of the environmental crisis that negatively impacts
human health throughout the world and is fast approaching a disaster level that will pose a …

Abstract Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection is a necessary process in any municipality
resulting in the quality-of-life, economic aspects and urban structuralization. The intrinsic …

For the sake of solving the optimization problem of urban waste collection and transportation
in China, a priority considered green vehicle routing problem (PCGVRP) model in a waste …

In a municipal solid waste management system, decreasing collection/hauling costs, which
consist of 85% of total disposal expenditure, can be carried out by a route optimization …

Waste collection becomes more complex in developing countries in terms oflogistic, fuel and
labor cost and air pollutantsemission. In this study, solid waste collection routes …

Waste collection and transport (WC&T) constitutes a large fraction of the total municipal solid
waste (MSW) management costs worldwide. In Greece currently this may account for 70 …

Mathematical programming has been often used to optimize municipal solid waste
management and transfer systems. The objective of this work was to develop a practical …

Worldwide, about US $410 billion is spent every year to manage four billion tonnes of
municipal solid wastes (MSW). Transport cost alone constitutes more than 50% of the total …

One of the persistent questions facing many municipalities In operational terms, is" what do
we do with all the garbage?" this means that communities must decide how many disposal …