Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems
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Resumo: | Packaging waste collection systems are responsible to collect, within a geographic area, three types of packaging materials (paper, glass and plastic/metal) that are disposed by the final consumer into special bins. Those systems are often characterized by having a network with multiple depots that act as transfer and sorting stations, and where the vehicle fleet is based. However, each depot is often managed independently and not as a part of a unique system. In this work, four current tactical/operational practices that contribute to the independent management of each depot are analysed. The change of such practices is investigated and their impact assessed on the total collection cost. A solution methodology based on mathematical formulations is developed to plan service areas, vehicle routes and vehicle schedules taking into account new alternative solutions in managing the system as a whole. Such methodology is applied to a real case study of a company responsible for the collection of the packaging waste in 7 municipalities in mainland Portugal. New service areas, collection routes and vehicle schedules are defined and significant savings are obtained in terms of the total distance travelled as well as in terms of the number of required vehicles, resulting in a decreasing of the total system cost. |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systemsCollection routesService areasRoutes schedulingRecyclingWaste managementVehicle routingPackaging waste collection systems are responsible to collect, within a geographic area, three types of packaging materials (paper, glass and plastic/metal) that are disposed by the final consumer into special bins. Those systems are often characterized by having a network with multiple depots that act as transfer and sorting stations, and where the vehicle fleet is based. However, each depot is often managed independently and not as a part of a unique system. In this work, four current tactical/operational practices that contribute to the independent management of each depot are analysed. The change of such practices is investigated and their impact assessed on the total collection cost. A solution methodology based on mathematical formulations is developed to plan service areas, vehicle routes and vehicle schedules taking into account new alternative solutions in managing the system as a whole. Such methodology is applied to a real case study of a company responsible for the collection of the packaging waste in 7 municipalities in mainland Portugal. New service areas, collection routes and vehicle schedules are defined and significant savings are obtained in terms of the total distance travelled as well as in terms of the number of required vehicles, resulting in a decreasing of the total system cost.Elsevier2015-03-18T16:01:01Z2014-01-01T00:00:00Z20142019-03-29T15:26:36Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/8613eng0921-344910.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.013Ramos, T.Gomes, M. I.Barbosa-Póvoa, A. P.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:31:16Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8613Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:14:03.475126Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems Ramos, T. Collection routes Service areas Routes scheduling Recycling Waste management Vehicle routing |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems |
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Ramos, T. |
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Ramos, T. Gomes, M. I. Barbosa-Póvoa, A. P. |
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Gomes, M. I. Barbosa-Póvoa, A. P. |
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Ramos, T. Gomes, M. I. Barbosa-Póvoa, A. P. |
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Collection routes Service areas Routes scheduling Recycling Waste management Vehicle routing |
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Collection routes Service areas Routes scheduling Recycling Waste management Vehicle routing |
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Packaging waste collection systems are responsible to collect, within a geographic area, three types of packaging materials (paper, glass and plastic/metal) that are disposed by the final consumer into special bins. Those systems are often characterized by having a network with multiple depots that act as transfer and sorting stations, and where the vehicle fleet is based. However, each depot is often managed independently and not as a part of a unique system. In this work, four current tactical/operational practices that contribute to the independent management of each depot are analysed. The change of such practices is investigated and their impact assessed on the total collection cost. A solution methodology based on mathematical formulations is developed to plan service areas, vehicle routes and vehicle schedules taking into account new alternative solutions in managing the system as a whole. Such methodology is applied to a real case study of a company responsible for the collection of the packaging waste in 7 municipalities in mainland Portugal. New service areas, collection routes and vehicle schedules are defined and significant savings are obtained in terms of the total distance travelled as well as in terms of the number of required vehicles, resulting in a decreasing of the total system cost. |
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