A novel methodology for designing a household waste collection system for insular zones

This paper addresses the problem of designing a household waste collection system for rural insular areas using a barge for transportation, based on a novel mixed integer programming model that simultaneously integrates decisions of waste collection sites selection within the islands to be served, visit schedule for each selected collection site, and multi-period vehicle routing. An application to a real-world instance consisting of small rural islands located in the south of Chile shows the effectiveness and complexity of the model, along with the advantages of using a waste compactor instead of transporting the waste using bins onboard a barge.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2015.02.019
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554515000599
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Miranda, Pablo A
  • Blazquez, Carola A
  • Vergara, Rodrigo
  • Weitzler, Sebastian
• Publication Date: 2015-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 227-247
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Households; Methodology; Mixed integer programming; Routing; Rural areas; Waste disposal; Waste management
• Geographic Terms: Chile
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01561489
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 2015 9:49AM