Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Problem with Composting Plants: The case of Ilala Municipality
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2013-08-01
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al., International Journal of Advances in Computer Science and Technology
Abstract
Solid Waste Management is one of the critical environmental
challenges for quick urban developing countries. It involves a
number of problems that requires optimization techniques for
better decision making. These include the selection of
collection points, disposal sites, and vehicle routing
mechanisms. This paper addresses the problem of
optimization of solid waste systems which involves the use of
composting plants as a strategy in environmental
management. A mathematical programming model is
developed and tested on real data from Ilala Municipal in Dar
es Salaam Tanzania. The formulated model resulted into
lower transportation cost from sources to collection points,
composting plant and landfill compared to previous results.
Furthermore, it has been observed that construction of
composting plants can provide extra income through sales of
recyclable materials and compost manure and thereby reduce
the overall system’s running cost.
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Solid Waste Management, Combinatorial Optimization, Integer Programming