Waste collection routing: a survey on problems and methods

C Hess, AG Dragomir, KF Doerner, D Vigo - Central European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Waste collection is a vital service performed all over the world, which heavily relies on
vehicle routing. Due to regulations and local conditions, the problems and their …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing in cities: Closing circular resource loops

EH Valera, R Cremades, E van Leeuwen… - Circular Economy, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities are the core of social interactions and resource consumption in our current times.
However, urban systems are still largely based on linear activities in which resources are …

Viable eco-efficiency targets for waste collection communities

C Daraio, S Di Leo, L Simar - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Waste management is crucial for advancing the circular economy, and Italy has begun to
address this issue by organizing municipalities into collaborative communities of …

[HTML][HTML] Eco-efficiency approach in sustainable waste management: An uncertainty analysis for Chile

R Sala-Garrido, M Mocholi-Arce, A Maziotis… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Municipalities require eco-efficiency in managing solid waste to enhance sustainability and
achieve a circular economy. Despite the relevance of waste statistics, there is high data …

[HTML][HTML] A geometric aggregation of performance indicators considering regulatory constraints: An application to the urban solid waste management

DC Ferreira, P Caldas, M Varela… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
There are several ways of aggregating partial performance indicators into composites, each
of them with advantages but also shortcomings and caveats. The objectivity demanded for …

A composite indicator index as a proxy for measuring the quality of water supply as perceived by users for urban water services

PGJ Antonio, AL Vicent, FP Ramón - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to develop a composite indicator (CI) to measure the quality of
water supply based on the variables that are considered to affect users' perceptions of water …

The eco-efficiency of municipalities in the recycling of solid waste: A stochastic semi-parametric envelopment of data approach

M Molinos-Senante, A Maziotis… - Waste Management …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Eco-efficiency assessment of municipal solid waste (MSW) suppliers is a useful tool in the
transition to a circular economy. Furthermore, it provides evidence of the economic and …

Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service: A fuzzy DEA model for handling missing data

C lo Storto - Utilities Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decades, evaluating the performance of municipal solid waste (MSW) service has
attracted the interest of scholars and policymakers worldwide. This study adopts a …

Factors influencing eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste management in Chile: A double-bootstrap approach

M Molinos-Senante, A Maziotis… - Waste Management …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Improving eco-efficiency in the provision of municipal solid waste plays an important role for
a sustainable economy. Eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service providers (MSWSPs) …

Hydrogen production from municipal solid waste: Potential prediction and environmental impact analysis

B Liu, B Han, X Liang, Y Liu - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Using municipal solid waste (MSW) as the source of hydrogen production is helpful to the
clean development of hydrogen energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) …