The increasing rate at which goods ranging from food products to electronic products are
consumed has led to rapidly increasing waste worldwide. This huge amount of waste poses …

In scientific literature two large, partly overlapping areas regarding the environmental and
economical attractive removal of waste coexist: reverse logistics and waste management …

Developing an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for solid waste
collection (SWC) and transportation system remains a major challenge for municipalities …

Solid waste management faces increasing challenges due to rapid urbanisation and
population growth. In addition, the different types of waste sources are scattered in different …

Recent deep models for solving routing problems always assume a single distribution of
nodes for training, which severely impairs their cross-distribution generalization ability. In …

Most cities, notably major and agricultural ones, are faced with environmental and waste
problems. Distribution and collection of agricultural crops can be challenging duties as world …

Last-mile operations in forward and reverse logistics are responsible for a large part of the
costs, emissions, and times in supply chains. These operations have increased due to the …

The dense population and high solid waste production make it challenging to determine the
optimal routes for garbage collection trucks in metropolitan cities. Moreover, incorrectly …

Commercial waste collection is an essential service requiring efficient and reliable provision
for customers. At the operational level, one of the most challenging problems is to design a …

Waste collection is nowadays an increasingly important business. However, it is often an
inefficient operation due to the high uncertainty associated with the real waste bins' fill …