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1231. On combining conventional door-to-door and pneumatic waste collection systems
Invited abstract in session MB-60: Vehicle routing II, stream Transportation.
Monday, 10:30-12:00Room: S09 (building: 101)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Maryam DehghanChenary
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| Vienna University | |
| 2. | Richard Hartl
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| Business Decisions & Analytics, University of Vienna | |
| 3. | Stefan Irnich
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| Chair of Logistics Management, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | |
| 4. | Christian Tilk
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| Vienna University |
Abstract
The increasing global emphasis on sustainable waste management has stimulated efforts to refine transportation infrastructure and travel regulations to improve the efficiency of garbage collection as a pivotal element within sustainable urban municipal solid waste management strategies. Therefore, improving waste collection systems can lead to various enhancements in quality of life. The most common waste collection form is the Door-To-Door Collection System, where household waste is picked up using trucks or other vehicles. Some disadvantages of this system are using trucks on narrow streets, hygienic effects, and malodor related to waste storage. An alternative method is the use of automated waste collection systems.
This study focuses on developing a system that integrates a stationary pneumatic waste collection system with a door-to-door waste collection system. In this fashion, We provide a mathematical model for this combined waste management system with the goal of minimizing total transportation costs. We present a holistic solution approach based on a set-partitioning formulation utilizing vehicle routing problems and price-collecting Steiner tree problems.
Keywords
- OR in Sustainability
- Vehicle Routing
- Optimization Modeling
Status: accepted
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