Applying an integrated route optimization method as a solution to the problem of waste collection

• Main Authors: Salleh, Abdul Hakim, S. Ahamad, Mohd Sanusi, Yusoff, Mohd Suffian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38354/1/APPLYING_AN_INTEGRATED_ROUTE_OPTIMIZATION_METHOD_AS_A_SOLUTION.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38354/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308870085_APPLYING_AN_INTEGRATED_ROUTE_OPTIMIZATION_METHOD_AS_A_SOLUTION_TO_THE_PROBLEM_OF_WASTE_COLLECTION
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Solid waste management (SWM) is very subjective to budget control where the utmost expenses are devoted to the waste collection’s travel route. The common understanding of the travel route in SWM is that shorter route is cheaper. However, in reality it is not necessarily true as the SWM compactor tr...