Collection and transport of waste types by compartmentalised vehicles

Abstract

In this article we discuss the problem of solid waste management using multi-compartment vehicles. Typically, in a city, different sources of waste are dispersed in a heterogeneous way, which increases the cost of collecting and transporting waste. In the waste management system, the municipalities of city have multiple sources; each source creates different types of waste. we propose to divide the waste management system into three different levels. firstly transfer separated solid waste from different sources (house, markets, school, etc.) to the compartmentalized transfer station, each compartment accommodating one or more supplies of the same type of product; then transport the waste separated from the transfer station to the treatment plants, each plant belonging to a specific specialty via a compartmentalised fleet; and finally transfer the waste produced from the treatment plants to the nearest landfill. our objective is to optimize the total cost of collecting and transporting different types of waste)