Strategic planning of recycling options by multi-objective programming in a GIS environment

Gautam, Arjun; Kumar, Sunil

doi:10.1007/s10098-005-0006-7

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“…In order to recommend the most adequate waste management processes, the specific needs of a society must be determined. To do so, decision makers require tools which will allow them to foresee the volume of waste, to warrant a constant and sufficient supply to the facilities and to determine the most appropriate site for the facilities (Gautam et al, 2005, Eskandari et al, 2012. H by the waste hierarchy.…”

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Dynamic waste management (DWM): Towards an evolutionary decision-making approach

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Due to the social, economical and environmental impacts associated with waste management, it is necessary to move towards decision-making approaches which integrate each one of these aspects. Currently, the recommended approaches are rather static and linear in their application; furthermore, they do not allow an optimal use of the available materials. Consequently, the choice for a waste management process is often based on fixed parameters, while the systems are in constant evolution. But actually, the validity of the prioritization of a waste treatment process is directly related to the impacts associated with the length of paths, means of transport and characteristics of the road chosen. The available tools however neglect this dynamic aspect, which is critical to reduce the load of the studied system. In order to guarantee a sustainable and dynamic waste management, DWM suggests an evolutionary new approach which maintains a constant flow towards the most favourable waste treatment processes (facilities) within a system. To do so, the DWM is based on the law of conservation of energy, which allows balancing a network while considering the constraints associated with transport. To demonstrate the scope of the DWM, the following article outlines the approach and then presents an example of its application.

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“…The GIS tool used must be capable of building the street network and analyzing it in order to define the location points in accordance with the factors mentioned above. Several authors (Valeo et al, 1998;Kao and Lin, 2002;Gautam and Kumar, 2005;Zamorano et al, 2009) have used the Location-Allocation tool to locate the selective collection bins.…”

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“…Correct distribution and size of the disposal points are essential to achieve the desired level of source separation, to offer a good service (disposal points without spilling and with low visual impact), and to facilitate waste collection. These methodologies establish a wide range of goals: optimization of the collection routes (Zamorano et al, 2009); estimation of MSW generation over time, and the weekly and daily peak hours (Zafra, 2009), in order to minimize the distance the user must walk to the collection bin and to maximize the number of users covered (Gautam and Kumar, 2005;Bautista and Pereira, 2006), or to highlight the relevance of regular system monitoring as a service assessment tool (Teixeira et al, 2014).…”

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Methodology to design a municipal solid waste pre-collection system. A case study

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“…Through personal communication with the municipality personnel, it was found that some of the households separate the recyclable waste and place it next to the collection bin at the nearest collection point or outside their yards. The general public avoids walking for distances longer than 250m [32] to dispose recyclables in the community containers (which have been placed outside some central locations such as hospitals, malls, etc. ); according to others not more than 60m [33].…”

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Performance Assessment Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Development and Implementation

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Haider

AlSaleem

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Most of the municipalities in the Gulf region are facing performance-related issues in their municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. They lack a deliberate inter-municipality benchmarking processes. Instead of identifying the performance gaps for their key components (e.g., personnel productivity, operational reliability, etc.) and adopt proactive measures, the municipalities primarily rely on an efficient emergency response. A novel hierarchical modeling framework, based on deductive reasoning, is developed for the performance assessment of MSWM systems. Fuzzy rule-based modeling using Simulink-MATLAB was used for performance inferencing at different levels, i.e., component, sub-components, etc. The model is capable of handling the inherent uncertainties due to limited data and an imprecise knowledge base. The model’s outcomes can exclusively assist the managers working at different levels of organizational hierarchy for effective decision-making. Performance of the key components assists the senior management in assessing the overall compliance level of performance objectives. Subsequently, operations management can home in the sub-components to acquire useful information for intra-municipality performance management. Meanwhile, individual indicators are useful for inter-municipality benchmarking. The model has been implemented on two municipalities operating in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The results demonstrate the model’s pragmatism for continuous performance improvement of MSWM systems in the country and elsewhere.

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Strategic planning of recycling options by multi-objective programming in a GIS environment

Cited by 23 publications

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Dynamic waste management (DWM): Towards an evolutionary decision-making approach

Dynamic waste management (DWM): Towards an evolutionary decision-making approach

Methodology to design a municipal solid waste pre-collection system. A case study

Performance Assessment Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Development and Implementation

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