Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Proximity Waste Collection System: A Case-Study Evaluation at an Italian  Local Scale

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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Modelling and performance analysis of smart waste collection system: a Petri nets and discrete event simulation approach

International Journal of Decision Support Systems ◽

10.1504/ijdss.2019.103668 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 18-40

Author(s):

Taha Benarbia ◽

Abdel Moumen Darcherif ◽

Daniel Jian Sun

Keyword(s):

Performance Analysis ◽

Petri Nets ◽

Discrete Event Simulation ◽

Discrete Event ◽

Simulation Approach ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Event Simulation ◽

System A ◽

And Performance

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12145520 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (14) ◽

pp. 5520

Author(s):

Nicola Laurieri ◽

Andrea Lucchese ◽

Antonella Marino ◽

Salvatore Digiesi

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Smart Device ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Collection System ◽

Glass Waste ◽

Environmentally Sustainable ◽

Relevant Topic

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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An economic case study of entire male grain-fed beef from a north-western Queensland production system

Animal Production Science ◽

10.1071/an10266 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (6) ◽

pp. 570 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. A. Wainewright ◽

A. J. Parker ◽

W. E. Holmes ◽

H. Zerby ◽

L. A. Fitzpatrick

Keyword(s):

Production System ◽

Production Systems ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Beef Production ◽

Market Prices ◽

System A ◽

Study Evaluation ◽

Gross Margins ◽

North Western

Assessing the differences in gross margins for a north-western Queensland beef-production system was undertaken using herd-budgeting software. The analysis reviewed the viability of producing beef for the domestic market from either a steer or bull production system. A hypothetical herd of 1200 breeders was created for the case study evaluation. An integrated beef production system from breeding to feedlot finishing was found to be less profitable for bull beef production than for steers at the current market prices. Although bull production was more profitable than steer production during the feedlot phase, the production of bulls in this phase failed to compensate for the earlier economic losses in the weaning phase of –AU$24.04 per adult equivalent for bulls. During the feedlot phase, bull production systems had lower break-even sale prices than did steer production systems. In reviewing two pricing scenarios for bulls, it was found that marketing bulls at the same price as steers was the most profitable production system. We conclude that the production of bull beef from a north-western Queensland production system can be profitable only if bulls can be sold without discount relative to steers.

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