In this paper, the authors propose a mixed integer linear programming model for designing an integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS) to meet specific economic goals. The model refers to a set of municipalities, known as ‘local basin’, which have to share a common waste management system. At the municipal level the model allows for an identification of the optimal collection service option; at the local basin level, the model provides the optimal waste flow appropriate to the collection service option of each municipality. The model has been applied to a full-scale case study of an area located in southeast Italy. A scenario analysis was carried out to investigate alternative municipal solid waste management options, which fundamentally differ in the organic flow mass rate to be either collected and composted or landfilled. Findings show that an increase in the cost of landfilling determines the optimal collection scenario and the configuration plants tend to recover higher rates of organics in separate collection and thus higher refuse derived fuel productions. The results obtained validate the application of the model in both the strategic planning and operational phases, by supporting public administrators at both municipality and local basin level in decision making and evaluation of technical and economic performances of ISWMSs.

A mixed integer linear programming model for optimisation of organics management in an integrated solid waste system / Gnoni, Maria Grazia; Mummolo, Giovanni; Ranieri, Luigi. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0964-0568. - STAMPA. - 51:6(2008), pp. 833-845. [10.1080/09640560802423756]

A mixed integer linear programming model for optimisation of organics management in an integrated solid waste system

Mummolo, Giovanni;
2008-01-01

Abstract

In this paper, the authors propose a mixed integer linear programming model for designing an integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS) to meet specific economic goals. The model refers to a set of municipalities, known as ‘local basin’, which have to share a common waste management system. At the municipal level the model allows for an identification of the optimal collection service option; at the local basin level, the model provides the optimal waste flow appropriate to the collection service option of each municipality. The model has been applied to a full-scale case study of an area located in southeast Italy. A scenario analysis was carried out to investigate alternative municipal solid waste management options, which fundamentally differ in the organic flow mass rate to be either collected and composted or landfilled. Findings show that an increase in the cost of landfilling determines the optimal collection scenario and the configuration plants tend to recover higher rates of organics in separate collection and thus higher refuse derived fuel productions. The results obtained validate the application of the model in both the strategic planning and operational phases, by supporting public administrators at both municipality and local basin level in decision making and evaluation of technical and economic performances of ISWMSs.
2008
A mixed integer linear programming model for optimisation of organics management in an integrated solid waste system / Gnoni, Maria Grazia; Mummolo, Giovanni; Ranieri, Luigi. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0964-0568. - STAMPA. - 51:6(2008), pp. 833-845. [10.1080/09640560802423756]
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