Networks and vehicle routing for municipal waste collection

Networks ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Beltrami ◽  
L. D. Bodin
Keyword(s):  
Vehicle Routing ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Collection

scholarly journals METAHEURISTICS FOR THE WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM IN URBAN AREAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 001
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Stanković ◽  
Danijel Marković ◽  
Goran Petrović ◽  
Žarko Čojbašić
Keyword(s):  
Vehicle Routing ◽  
Vehicle Routing Problem ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Heuristic Algorithms ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Capacitated Vehicle

This paper presents a methodology for solving the municipal waste collection problem in urban areas. The problem is treated as a distance-constrained capacitated vehicle routing problem for municipal waste collection (DCCVRP-MWC). To solve this problem, four meta-heuristic algorithms were used: Genetic algorithm (GA), Simulated annealing (SA), Particle swarm optimization (PSO) and Ant colony optimization (ACO). Vehicle guidance plays a huge role in large transportation companies, and with this test, we propose one of several algorithms for solving urban waste collection problems.

Municipal waste collection in Ponte de Lima, Portugal – A vehicle routing application

OR Insight ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar ◽  
Maria Antónia Carravilla ◽  
José F Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Vehicle Routing ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Collection

scholarly journals CONTRACTING-OUT OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES IN JAPAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (02) ◽  
pp. 443-455
Author(s):  
NORIMICHI MATSUEDA ◽  
JUN’ICHI MIKI
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Private Firms ◽  
Simple Analytical Model ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
Contract Price ◽  
Set Up

We first report three empirical findings from our survey on the contracting-out of municipal waste collection services in Japan: (1) the rate of contracting-out and the contract price are inversely related, (2) this inverse relationship tapers out as the contracting rate becomes sufficiently high, and the contract price even tends to go up as the contracting rate approaches 100% and (3) there is a significant disparity in the contracting rates between the eastern and western parts of Japan. In order to account for these observations, we then set up a simple analytical model and examine its implications. Also, we discuss the issues that a potential hold-up situation could give rise to when the services are completely contracted out to private firms.

scholarly journals Waste collection in rural communities: challenges under EU regulations. A Case study of Neamt County, Romania

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Constantin MIHAI
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Municipal Waste Management ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Open Dumping

The paper aims to examine the changes in the rural waste management sector at regional scale since the Romania adhesion to the EU in 2007. Traditional waste management based on the mixed waste collection and waste disposal often on improper sites prevailed in municipal waste management options of transitional economies across the globe. The lack of formal waste collection services in rural areas has encouraged the open dumping or backyard burning. The paper analyses the improvements and challenges of local authorities in order to fulfill the new EU requirements in this sector supported by data analysis at local administrative unit levels and field observations. Geographical analysis is compulsory in order to reveal the local disparities. The paper performs an assessment of waste collection issues across 78 rural municipalities within Neamt County. This sector is emerging in rural areas of Eastern Europe, but is far from an efficient municipal waste management system based on the waste hierarchy concept.

scholarly journals Development of Solar-Powered of Sensors Based Smart Waste Monitoring System

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 580-586
Author(s):  
Polaiah Bojja, Pamula Raja Kumari, A.Nagavardhan N.Dinesh, M.Gopla D Anirudh
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solar Powered ◽  
Analyze Data

Dustbins (or Garbage Bins, Trash Cans, whatever you name them) are small containers of plastic or metal used on a temporary basis to store trash (or waste). They are also used for the collection of waste in houses, workplaces, highways, parks, etc. Littering is a major crime in some countries, and public waste bins are also the only way to dispose of small waste. Usually, using different bins for handling wet or dry, recyclable or non-recyclable waste is a common practice. From an ETS perspective, smart waste collection can help municipalities and private waste management companies avoid the need for collection sites, waste disposal facilities and waste treatment plants. As communities increasingly rely on smart city technology to improve, among other things, the quality of life of their residents and the environment, city leaders recognize that smart waste management can also help them achieve sustainability goals such as zero waste and improve services to residents, while improving service to residents. As an example, Development of Some solar-powered bins and recycling bins are already equipped with sensors that analyze data on what is disposed of or recycled and notify collectors when the bin is too full and needs to be picked up. These developed Smart waste management solutions use sensors placed in waste bins to measure levels, notify municipal waste collection services, when the bins are ready to be emptied, and also notify municipal waste collection with a ton has been emptied. Therefore, the solar-powered of sensors based smart waste monitoring system is more and more useful to the current smart cities policies under the smart city project works.

Solving the Periodic Edge Routing Problem in the Municipal Waste Collection

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (03) ◽  
pp. 1740015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chefi Triki
Keyword(s):  
Planning Horizon ◽  
Heuristic Approach ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Computational Experiments ◽  
Real Case ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Italian City ◽  
Case Application ◽  
Working Day

In many municipal waste collection systems, it is necessary to extend the planning horizon to more than one working day. This can happen, for example, in the collection of some recyclable articles. In this case, some of the streets must be served every day but others need only once every two days service. In this paper, we focus on planning the routing of the collection vehicles while extending the planning horizon to two working days. We propose a simple, but effective, heuristic approach and we carry out extensive computational experiments to evaluate its performance. We also apply our method to solve a real-case application related to the collection of recyclable wastes in a small Italian city.

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