This work proposes an innovative methodology for the reduction of the operation costs and
pollutant emissions involved in the waste collection and transportation. Its innovative feature …

This work proposes an optimisation of municipal solid waste collection in terms of collection
cost and polluting emissions (carbon oxides, carbon dioxides, nitrogen oxides and …

Collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) may account for more than 70% of the total waste
management budget, most of which is for fuel costs. It is therefore crucial to optimise the …

Purpose–The high costs of collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) on
the overall waste management budget (sometimes more than 75 per cent) makes it an issue …

Expenditure for waste collection and transport in Tunisia constitutes 75–100% of the total
solid waste management budget. In this study, optimized scenarios were developed using …

Important advantages, including reductions in fuel consumption and labour cost, arise from
the optimal design of solid waste (SW) collection routes. Further, optimal design can reduce …

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 …

A poorly designed urban solid waste collection system has an enormous impact on labour,
operational and transport costs, and on society in general due to road contamination and …

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 …

Waste management in cities has proved to be a complex task for policy-makers who seek
cost reductions when taking decisions. However, on many occasions substantial …