This paper describes a study of planning vehicle routes for the collection of urban recyclable
waste. The aim is to create collection routes for every day of the month, to be repeated every …

This paper reports on a project dealing with waste collection management. A methodology
used in this case study combines an operations research method with systems engineering …

This paper addresses the planning of recyclable waste collection systems while accounting
for economic and environmental concerns. Service areas and vehicle routes are defined for …

Considering the importance of the waste collection sector, mainly in developing countries,
this paper evaluates the implementation of the selective collection of recyclable waste so …

Plastic waste is a special category of municipal solid waste. Plastic waste collection is
featured with various alternatives of collection methods (curbside/drop-off) and separation …

This paper seeks to analyze application of a metaheuristic in the improvement in the design
of routes for the collection of recyclable waste in the island of La Palma (Canary Islands …

The technical progress causes that increasing number of used devices presents a threat for
environment, particularly in the rural areas. It can be prevented by organizing a proper …

Waste collection is a highly visible municipal service that involves large expenditures and
difficult operational problems, plus it is expensive to operate in terms of investment costs (ie …

The problem studied in this article arises from the distribution of soft drinks and collection of
recyclable containers in a Quebec-based company. It can be modelled as a variant of the …

In this paper we propose a unique model for the estimation of the operational costs of each
of three waste collection systems. In the traditional system, widely used, the waste is typically …