Nature Environment and Pollution Technology

Cheng-Zhi Li ¹, Yan Zhang ², Zhi-Hui Liu ¹, Xianyong Meng ³, Jing Du ⁴

Affiliations
1 Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Ministry of Education, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, CN
2 School of Educational Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830054, CN
3 School of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, CN
4 School of Computer Science and Technology, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, CN

Abstract

With development of economy and modern socialization, the daily yield of household solid waste becomes a serious problem nowadays. To dispose of these solid wastes, people should collect the wastes and transport to municipal solid waste treatment plant to handle it. Usually, municipal solid waste (MSW) collection can account for more than 70% costs in the total MSW management system, and most of these costs are fuel costs. As we know, the emissions from vehicles contribute acid rain and global warming a lot in recent years. Therefore, it is necessary and urgent to find an optimal solution to reduce the emission and minimize the fuel consumption. By applying systems engineering methods, some models can be designed and modified to simulate the routes for collecting and transporting the MSW in the major urban area, in order to get an optimal solution which can achieve the goal of reducing fuel consumption from transportation and emission. In this study, an optimization for MSW collection routing using 3D GIS modeling is reviewed to get some new knowledge and idea. The main purpose of this study is to introduce a successful example and methodology which is used to optimize the MSW collection routing system, and design a model to find an optimal solution to minimize the fuel consumption and reduce the emissions in one area of St. John's, Newfoundland, by applying systems engineering methods.

Keywords

Municipal Solid Waste, MSW Collection Routing, 3D GIS Model, Systems Engineering.

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