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Title: Optimal planning for the sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste

Abstract

Highlights: • An optimization approach for the sustainable management of municipal solid waste is proposed. • The proposed model optimizes the entire supply chain network of a distributed system. • A case study for the sustainable waste management in the central-west part of Mexico is presented. • Results shows different interesting solutions for the case study presented. - Abstract: The increasing generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a major problem particularly for large urban areas with insufficient landfill capacities and inefficient waste management systems. Several options associated to the supply chain for implementing a MSW management system are available, however to determine the optimal solution several technical, economic, environmental and social aspects must be considered. Therefore, this paper proposes a mathematical programming model for the optimal planning of the supply chain associated to the MSW management system to maximize the economic benefit while accounting for technical and environmental issues. The optimization model simultaneously selects the processing technologies and their location, the distribution of wastes from cities as well as the distribution of products to markets. The problem was formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programing problem to maximize the profit of the supply chain and the amount of recycledmore » wastes, where the results are showed through Pareto curves that tradeoff economic and environmental aspects. The proposed approach is applied to a case study for the west-central part of Mexico to consider the integration of MSW from several cities to yield useful products. The results show that an integrated utilization of MSW can provide economic, environmental and social benefits.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3]
  1. Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58060 (Mexico)
  2. Institute of Chemical and Biological Researches, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58060 (Mexico)
  3. Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22300336
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Management
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0956-053X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ACCOUNTING; MARKET; MEXICO; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROGRAMMING; SANITARY LANDFILLS; SOLID WASTES; URBAN AREAS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING

Citation Formats

Santibañez-Aguilar, José Ezequiel, Ponce-Ortega, José María, E-mail: jmponce@umich.mx, Betzabe González-Campos, J., Serna-González, Medardo, El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M., and Adjunct Faculty at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589. Optimal planning for the sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.010.
Santibañez-Aguilar, José Ezequiel, Ponce-Ortega, José María, E-mail: jmponce@umich.mx, Betzabe González-Campos, J., Serna-González, Medardo, El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M., & Adjunct Faculty at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589. Optimal planning for the sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.010
Santibañez-Aguilar, José Ezequiel, Ponce-Ortega, José María, E-mail: jmponce@umich.mx, Betzabe González-Campos, J., Serna-González, Medardo, El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M., and Adjunct Faculty at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589. 2013. "Optimal planning for the sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.010.
@article{osti_22300336,
title = {Optimal planning for the sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste},
author = {Santibañez-Aguilar, José Ezequiel and Ponce-Ortega, José María, E-mail: jmponce@umich.mx and Betzabe González-Campos, J. and Serna-González, Medardo and El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M. and Adjunct Faculty at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • An optimization approach for the sustainable management of municipal solid waste is proposed. • The proposed model optimizes the entire supply chain network of a distributed system. • A case study for the sustainable waste management in the central-west part of Mexico is presented. • Results shows different interesting solutions for the case study presented. - Abstract: The increasing generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a major problem particularly for large urban areas with insufficient landfill capacities and inefficient waste management systems. Several options associated to the supply chain for implementing a MSW management system are available, however to determine the optimal solution several technical, economic, environmental and social aspects must be considered. Therefore, this paper proposes a mathematical programming model for the optimal planning of the supply chain associated to the MSW management system to maximize the economic benefit while accounting for technical and environmental issues. The optimization model simultaneously selects the processing technologies and their location, the distribution of wastes from cities as well as the distribution of products to markets. The problem was formulated as a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programing problem to maximize the profit of the supply chain and the amount of recycled wastes, where the results are showed through Pareto curves that tradeoff economic and environmental aspects. The proposed approach is applied to a case study for the west-central part of Mexico to consider the integration of MSW from several cities to yield useful products. The results show that an integrated utilization of MSW can provide economic, environmental and social benefits.},
doi = {10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.010},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22300336}, journal = {Waste Management},
issn = {0956-053X},
number = 12,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Sun Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}