Quantifying the transport impacts of domestic waste collection strategies

Abstract

This paper models the effects of three different options for domestic waste collection using data from three Hampshire authorities: (i) joint working between neighbouring waste collection authorities; (ii) basing vehicles at waste disposal sites; (iii) alternate weekly collection of residual waste and dry recyclables. A vehicle mileage saving of 3% was modelled for joint working, where existing vehicle allocations to depots were maintained, which increased to 5.9% when vehicles were re-allocated to depots optimally. Vehicle mileage was reduced by 13.5% when the collection rounds were based out of the two waste disposal sites rather than out of the existing depots, suggesting that the former could be the most effective place to keep vehicles providing that travel arrangements for the crews could be made. Alternate weekly collection was modelled to reduce vehicle mileage by around 8% and time taken by 14%, when compared with a typical scenario of weekly collection of residual and fortnightly collection of recyclable waste. These results were based on an assumption that 20% of the residual waste would be directly diverted into the dry recyclables waste stream.

Evaluación De Rutas De Recolección De Residuos Sólidos Urbanos Con Apoyo De Dispositivos De Rastreo Satelital: Análisis E Implicaciones

“…Para una revisión reciente sobre las teorías y métodos de establecimiento de rutas aplicados a la optimización de la recolección de basura se puede consultar a Mes et al (2014) y McLeod y Cherrett (2008. Para el análisis teórico de las rutas dinámicas a Anagnostopoulos y Zaslavsky (2014) y Anghinolfi et al (2013).…”

“…Por ejemplo, se estima que dentro de la operación de las rutas de recolección, el mayor desperdicio de combustible se lleva a cabo mientras los camiones dan vueltas a la colonia a muy baja velocidad, lo cual también está asociado con la producción de mayores emisiones de gases contaminantes, ruido y congestión del tránsito vehicular (McLeod y Cherrett 2008).…”

Using Simulation to Assess the Opportunities of Dynamic Waste Collection

“…As McLeod and Cherrett (2008) state, efficient waste collection strategies are not only vital from economic perspective, but also from an environmental perspective with reductions in emission and traffic congestions. The common approach to model the waste collection process is to use the VRP; see, for example, Chang and Wei (2002), Kim et al (2006), and Nuortio et al (2006).…”

Produção De Pelotas Auto-Redutoras a Partir De Lixo Orgânico Doméstico

“…Além de ser um problema de saúde pública o recolhimento de lixo, o processamento e transporte em grandes distâncias aumenta os custos [1]. Existem várias técnicas para lidar com o lixo.…”