scholarly journals Talking Trash: Ethics, Sustainability, And Organizational Trust

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
C. Kenneth Meyer ◽  
Sara Kurovski ◽  
Stephen E. Clapham
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Good News ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Customer Support ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Contract Compliance

In 1960 Americans generated 88.1 million tons (2.68 lbs./person/day) of municipal solid waste (MSW), by 2012 municipal solid waste increased to 250.9 million tons (4.38 lbs./person/day). The good news is that of the total MSW 5.6 million tons was recycled in 1960 and by 2012 the amount surged to 86.6 million tons. This real-world case (to protect privacy, names have been changed) chronicles the development of a strategic supply chain decision within a heavily regulated industry that is characterized by hybrid public/private organizations. It illustrates the importance of contract compliance and quality control assessment. In addition, it is heavily imbedded within the sustainability conversation. Finally, integral elements of the case are ethics and organizational trust, which, regardless of contract obligations, is essential in reciprocal relationships and community/customer support.

scholarly journals Redesigning the Municipal Solid Waste Supply Chain Considering the Classified Collection and Disposal: A Case Study of Incinerable Waste in Beijing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9855
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Yang ◽  
Xiaopeng Guo ◽  
Kun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Treatment Situation ◽  
Waste Storage ◽  
Function Allocation ◽  
The Impact

The output of municipal solid waste is growing rapidly, which has brought tremendous pressure to urban development. The supply chain of municipal solid waste (MSW) in China mainly contains three processes: collection, transportation, and disposal. The waste is sorted at the collection and disposed of according to the classification. However, it is mixed at the transportation stage. Mixed transportation remixes the separately collected waste, which seriously affects the disposal effect. The supply chain of MSW urgently needs to be redesigned to improve the MSW disposal effect. First of all, on the ground of the waste treatment situation, we redesigned the supply chain of MSW in China. Secondly, combined with the redesign of the MSW supply chain, this paper established the function allocation model for collection stations, making a collection station only gather one type of waste, and built the transportation path planning model for vehicles, reducing the impact of waste storage on residents. Finally, based on the data of Xuanwu District in Beijing, the supply chain redesigning practical example of incinerable waste was given. The supply chain redesigning model in this paper not only makes full use of the existing infrastructure but also improves the disposal effect of waste. The supply chain redesigning model has practical application value.

Determination of lead by stripping voltammetry with a disposable cartridge for quality control of municipal solid waste molten slag

2011 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Mongi ◽  
Akiko Kida ◽  
Natsuyo Uchida ◽  
Koichiro Iwasa ◽  
Shigenori Nakano
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Molten Slag ◽  
Stripping Voltammetry

scholarly journals A sustainable cross-efficiency DEA model for international MSW-to-biofuel supply chain design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Sahebi ◽  
Mahsa Ghadami ◽  
Mirsaman Pishvaee ◽  
Hani Gilani
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Dea Model ◽  
Biofuel Supply Chain

Fossil fuels, as the primary source of the energy supply in today's global society, are being depleted much faster than expected and are raising serious environmental and social concerns for contemporary societies. To deal with issues, a global movement towards the generation of sustainable renewable energy is underway. One of the most promising sources of renewable energy alternatives is the use of municipal solid waste, as a biomass source since it does not endanger food security and considerably the biomass made by municipal solid waste will enable the appropriate management of the waste and help cities to be sustainable. The supply chain of converting the municipal solid waste to bioenergy is a challenging issue that have attracted the attention of academic and industrial research. In this direction, a three-echelon mathematical model is developed to design MSW-to-biofuel supply chain network. This supply network is a global network; hence, the international supply chain-related issues and the disruption in the raw material supply have also been studied. Identifying appropriate potential locations to site facilities is a challenge faced in the municipal solid waste-to-biofuel supply chain models. To achieve goal, in this research, the use has been made of a proposed sustainable cross-efficiency DEA model which is an effective ranking method, especially for finding potential points. To deal with sustainability, the social and environmental indicators have also been presented in the form of some criteria in this DEA method. In addition, effort has been made to improve the ecological indicators of the supply chain design in line with the sustainable development as an objective function. Finally, in order to validate the proposed model, a case study with real data is presented.

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