Use of a geographic information system to find areas for locating of municipal solid waste management facilities

Most Brazilian municipalities are small, i.e., with less than 50,000 inhabitants. In the State of Goiás, for example, 91% of the municipalities are small. Of these, only 4% have their municipal solid waste (MSW) disposed in authorized landfills. Thus, the present study aimed to propose a municipal solid waste management facility (MSWMF) shared between two small municipalities of the microregion of Chapada dos Veadeiros, in Northeast Goiás. The reason for selecting this microregion is that it is composed only of small municipalities that use waste dumps for the disposal of their MSW. For this purpose, the areas subject to approval or restricted for the installation of a MSWMF were identified with the aid of a geographic information system (GIS). Also, the host municipality (HM) of the MSWMF proposed for Campos Belos and Monte Alegre de Goiás was defined with the use of mass geometry methodology. According to the results obtained, 59% of the territories of these two municipalities that will integrate the proposed MSWMF are restricted for the installation of landfills, and Monte Alegre de Goiás was selected to host the landfill.

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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: BIN ALLOCATION AND RELOCATION BY USING REMOTE SENSING & GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology ◽

10.15623/ijret.2015.0412027 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 04 (12) ◽

pp. 143-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sumedh D. Kashid .

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Geographic Information

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Solid Waste Management and Transport Route Optimization Using Geographic Information System in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Technological Research ◽

10.4314/njtr.v15i3.13 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 96-101

Author(s):

Oluwaseyi Joseph Afolabi

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Route Optimization ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Solid Waste Collection

With an unprecedented population and rapid urbanization, the solid waste collection and transportation has become a major challenge in Lagos metropolis. The main objective of the study was to optimize routes for solid waste collection and disposal using Geographic Information System (GIS) in order to improve solid waste management system in Lagos metropolis. Data on the GIS Network Analyst was used to determine movements between the transfer loading stations and the landfills to determine the collection time, travel distances, optimized routes and alternative routes for solid waste disposal while maximising total solid waste collection and disposal for environmental sustainability. Based on the findings, the study therefore recommends possible interventions such as regular collection of solid waste, proper management of the transfer loading stations and landfills, and that the collection of solid waste should be given more attention because it is important in the development of cities. Keywords: Solid wastes, Transportation, Route Optimization, GIS, Lagos metropolis

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