The waste collection routing problem (WCRP) can be defined as a problem of designing a
route to serve all of the customers (represented as nodes) with the least total traveling time …

Increasing waste generation has become a real challenge because of population growth
and rapid urbanization. Given this, most waste bins get overfilled easily because of the …

Effective waste management arises as a crucial challenge for smart city development in the
current era of rapid urbanization, shifting towards sustainability and public health …

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 this paper, we present a survey on vehicle routing problems with multiple commodities. In
most routing problems, only one commodity is explicitly considered. This may be due to the …

In this paper, a hybrid metaheuristic is developed to solve the smart waste collection
problem with workload concerns. It is composed by:(i) a look-ahead heuristic aiming at …

To satisfy incineration efficiency and nitrogen oxides ultra-low emission requirements, it is of
great importance to improve the operational performance of the municipal solid waste …

Waste sorting is an imperative and significant issue in China, of which sorted-waste
collection and transportation are indispensable parts. Despite its vital yet practical …

As a generalization of the well-known multiple traveling salesman problem, a colored
traveling salesman problem (CTSP) utilizes colors to describe the accessibility of individual …

This paper presents a routing optimization model for a wide range of waste collection
problems which allows for multiple depots with homogeneous, capacitated vehicles …