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Solid Waste Management Systems Configurations.Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Solid waste management is a crucial trouble for towns and societies in
developing countries. Only a small percent of municipal solid waste is disposed
in a secure way in developing countries, at the same time as the bulk is left
withinside the streets or disposed of/burnt in open landfills. Most countries strive
to establish a solid waste management system (SWMS) that is able to handle and
safely dispose of daily generated waste at the lowest cost possible and in a
sustainable way. A typical SWMS consists of waste sources, waste collection
stations, landfills, incinerators, and recycling plants, as well as a transportation
network that links the system components. When developing or reconfiguring a
SWMS, decision-makers must determine the optimal supply chain network
configuration for such systems in order to treat and dispose of all daily generated
waste at the lowest possible cost.
The goal of this research is to develop a general optimization model that can be
used in SWMS optimization in developing countries. A new mixed-integer linear
programming (MILP) model is developed for a SWMS configuration that
includes waste generation sources, collection/transfer stations, recycling plants,
incinerators, and landfills. The proposed MILP model is designed to determine
the optimal locations of the various facilities as well as the optimal flow of waste
in the system in order to minimize the net daily cost incurred in the system. The
MILP model was used in a case study on the SWMS in Egypt’s Fayoum
Governorate.
This study contributed to the development of a generic optimization model that
can be used to optimally design solid waste management systems in developing
countries. The model assumptions, in particular, are best suited to SWM systems
that can be deployed in Egyptian cities. Furthermore, an optimal design for the
Fayoum governorate’s SWM system (Egypt) has been provided