A Door-to-Door Waste Collection System Case Study: A Survey on its Sustainability and Effectiveness

Municipal waste management is a relevant topic these days, in its relation to sustainable and environmental concerns. Sorting waste fractions at home for a door-to-door collection system proves to positively affect the environmental impacts of waste management strategies both by reducing the amounts of the waste landfilled and by originating new circular economies. However, the environmental impact caused by both waste collection and transport, together with waste quality, should be carefully evaluated to assess the sustainability of such a collection system. In order to evaluate the logistic and environmental effectiveness of a newly implemented door-to-door collection system in Altamura, a mid-sized town in Southern Italy, a survey was designed and submitted to a sample of citizens. The results obtained from the 385 completed surveys show that the door-to-door collection of glass waste is inefficient since most of the designated bins remain partially filled and less frequently delivered; citizens are more motivated to adequately collect sorted waste fractions upon receiving information about the subsequent environmental benefits and outcomes of the fractions collected; a high percentage of people still use disposable items in their daily life. Possible changes to the weekly bins collection schedule have been proposed in order to have a more proficient and environmentally sustainable waste collection service in the town. The survey is part of a project aiming at developing a smart device to support users in home waste management.

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Door-to-door recyclables collection programmes: Willingness to participate and influential factors with a case study in the city of Xanthi (Greece)

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x18764291 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (9) ◽

pp. 760-766 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Thomas Tsalis ◽

Sonia Amarantidou ◽

Paolo Calabró ◽

Ioannis Nikolaou ◽

Dimitrios Komilis

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Willingness To Participate ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Solid Waste Collection ◽

Greek City ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

The City

The implementation of a recyclable waste management system is a serious challenge for a society that aims to contribute to sustainability. The first operational step of such system is waste collection. In a number of European countries, the solid waste collection system has changed from the conventional kerbside system to a door-to-door collection. However, this type of waste collection system has not yet been introduced in Greece and its public acceptance prior to potential full implementation needs to be considered. This study aims to investigate the willingness of the residents of a Greek city (Xanthi, Thrace) to change from the existing kerbside collection system and initiate and participate in a door-to-door recyclable waste collection system instead. A questionnaire was designed and distributed randomly to 150 residents of Xanthi and a statistical analysis was then performed to assess the influence of a number of explanatory variables on recycling behaviour and the willingness to participate in a door-to-door collection system. The findings of this study indicate that most of the respondents (72.7%) were willing to participate in a future door-to-door recyclables collection programme in Xanthi. The factors that influenced the respondents’ attitude with regard to such a programme were associated with level of education, their beliefs about the effectiveness of the current recycling system and also their attitudes towards recycling issues in general. Age and religion significantly affected recycling frequency. The survey and statistics presented in this article can be used as a model to assess the behaviour of citizens towards recyclable waste management systems worldwide.

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Solid Waste Management Practices at The Academic Institution: Current Situation and Strategic Plan

International Journal of Eco-Innovation in Science and Engineering ◽

10.33005/ijeise.v1i01.11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (01) ◽

pp. 18-24

Author(s):

Euis Nurul Hidayah ◽

Imroatul Mufidah ◽

Indah Fitriana Solichah ◽

Okik Hendriyanto Cahyonugroho ◽

Kindriari Nurma Wahyusi

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Water Transportation ◽

Waste Management Practices ◽

Transportation Schedule ◽

The University

Waste management is one of the actionsof environmental management for improving environmental quality. This study describes the waste management in the campus through improvement of operational techniques, starting from container, collection, and transportation. Case study was taken in the university, which the amount of waste generation is about 166.559 kg/day or 0.013 L/person/day. The waste collection system is designed to use individual disaggregated sorting patterns that are adjusted to the composition of the waste, colour differentiation, and label of the container. Amount of sorted containers are 478 pieces. The waste collection system is planned by an indirect individual collection pattern and a temporary shelter plan in the form of a partition wall is adjusted to the composition of the waste. Planning for waste transportation system is using a fixed container system with motor cart under capacity of 2.3 m3 with 1 fleet. Transportation is carried out on a scheduled basis. Transportation management is arranged twice per-day for organic waste, once per-day for valuable waste, once per-week for hazardous waste, once every 2 days for other water. Transportation schedule is carried out twice per-day, in the morning and evening.

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Modelling Sustainable Industrial Symbiosis

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14041172 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 1172

Author(s):

Hafiz Haq ◽

Petri Välisuo ◽

Seppo Niemi

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Waste Management ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Life Cycle Cost ◽

Economic Assessment ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Industrial Symbiosis ◽

Comprehensive Model ◽

Network Connections

Industrial symbiosis networks conventionally provide economic and environmental benefits to participating industries. However, most studies have failed to quantify waste management solutions and identify network connections in addition to methodological variation of assessments. This study provides a comprehensive model to conduct sustainable study of industrial symbiosis, which includes identification of network connections, life cycle assessment of materials, economic assessment, and environmental performance using standard guidelines from the literature. Additionally, a case study of industrial symbiosis network from Sodankylä region of Finland is implemented. Results projected an estimated life cycle cost of €115.20 million. The symbiotic environment would save €6.42 million in waste management cost to the business participants in addition to the projected environmental impact of 0.95 million tonne of CO2, 339.80 tonne of CH4, and 18.20 tonne of N2O. The potential of further cost saving with presented optimal assessment in the current architecture is forecast at €0.63 million every year.

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Environmental and economic assessment for the optimal configuration of a sustainable solid waste collection system: a ‘kerbside’ case study

Production Planning & Control ◽

10.1080/09537287.2012.750386 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 25 (9) ◽

pp. 737-761 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Cristina Mora ◽

Riccardo Manzini ◽

Mauro Gamberi ◽

Alessandro Cascini

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Economic Assessment ◽

Optimal Configuration ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Solid Waste Collection ◽

System A

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Optimization of Household Waste Collection Routes Using GIS: Case Study El Bousten district, commune of Sfax, Tunisia

Current World Environment ◽

10.12944/cwe.12.1.07 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rim Sallem ◽

Mohamed Rouis

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

Optimization Procedure ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Household Waste ◽

Environmental Costs ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Network Analyst

This paper presents a method for optimizing the household waste collection system supported by Geographical Information System (GIS) tool for the sector 1of district El Bousten of Sfax commune, Tunisia. The ArcGIS Network Analyst based model is applied for the purpose of improving the collection process effectiveness, namely, the household collection bins’ reallocation along with the vehicles’ tour optimization procedure in terms of distance and time. Results indicated a reduction of 25, 83% in route and 21, 5 % in the time spent of collection along with fuel consumption savings. These findings show that GIS based model tends to exhibit significant improvements as to the collection and transportation system, therefore, to its economical and environmental costs.

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Optimization of a Recyclable Waste Collection System - The Valorsul Case Study

Studies in Big Data - Operations Research and Big Data ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-24154-8_12 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 97-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Diogo Lopes ◽

Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos ◽

Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

Keyword(s):

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System

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Sustainability Management of Solid Waste in Tripoli Lebanon Landfill

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201928103003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 281 ◽

pp. 03003

Author(s):

Rida Tadmouri ◽

Hamdi Sief

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Maximum Height ◽

Sustainability Management ◽

Average Production ◽

Municipal Waste Management ◽

The City

Municipal waste management is an important component of ecosystem and one of the essential part in sustainable development. This paper analyzes Tripoli landfill’s situation. According to Municipality of Tripoli, the average production of waste reached 148.5 million in 2015 where all of these waste was dumped in north of the city which leads to many environmental and health crises. The maximum height point in the landfill reached 30 m in 2013 which is more than acceptable engineered height. The paper took Tripoli landfill as case study to account for the amount of economic and environmental benefits if it is subjected to around zero waste management. The study takes into account the waste generated in 2015 till 2065 by assuming 1.5 % growth in population. As a result lots of economical, healthful and environmental benefits can be extracted if the generated waste is subjected to composting, recycling, reuse and incineration instead of throwing them.

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An engineering approach to solid waste collection system: Ibadan North as case study

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2007.06.004 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 28 (9) ◽

pp. 1681-1687 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Gbenga Matthew Ayininuola ◽

Musa Adekunle Muibi

Keyword(s):

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Solid Waste Collection ◽

Engineering Approach

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Development of a sustainable and inclusive solid waste management system in Colombia

10.32920/ryerson.14651859.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jessica Edmonds

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Main Concern ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Informal Recycling ◽

Study Approach

Managing solid waste is a pressing environmental issue worldwide. This is especially observed in developing countries, where the main concern is to provide the service of waste collection, usually lacking a formal recycling program. Instead, recycling is often conducted by an informal sector composed of recyclers-by-trade. What has been found is that the current informal recycling sector - if approached differently - can offer a financially viable and an environmentally and culturally sound solution. A case study approach was chosen and questionnaires were conducted with recyclers-by-trade and dealers in Cali, Colombia. An interview was conducted with the President of the Recyclers' Association of Bogotá, Colombia. A normative system is proposed as an alternative context-based solution in developing countries that focuses on the inclusion of organized recyclers-by-trade into the formal solid waste management in order to increase recycling rates, extend the lifespan of landfills and improve the living and working conditions of this informal recycling sector.

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