Published: Građevinar 59 (2007) 6
Paper type: Subject review
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An integrated approach to municipal waste collection system management
Abstract
The paper starts with an assertion that waste collection is a significant cost element of the waste management system. An integrated approach to optimisation of waste collection, regarded as a signification portion of an overall system, is presented. The optimisation is considered at three levels: operative - selection of waste collection and transport routes, tactical - selection of transfer station sites, and strategic - selection of an appropriate technology. The procedure has partly been tested at the waste collection system used on the Brač island.
Keywordsintegrated approach, optimisation, municipal waste, Brač island, solid waste, waste collection, management