Case-Oriented Paper
Journal of the Operational Research Society (2008) 59, 1038–1046. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602422 Published online 6 June 2007
Managing solid waste through discrete location analysis: A case study in central Portugal
A P Antunes1, J C Teixeira1 and M S Coutinho2
- 1University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- 2University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Correspondence: AP Antunes, Civil Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, Coimbra 3030-290, Portugal. E-mail: antunes@dec.uc.pt
Received September 2005; Accepted March 2007; Published online 6 June 2007.
Abstract
In order to meet European Union Directive 1999/31/EC, ERSUC, the company responsible for the municipal solid waste management system in the Litoral Centro area of Portugal decided to change the main processing technology used within the system to incineration with energy recovery. In this article, we describe a study recently made at the Universities of Aveiro and Coimbra under contract with ERSUC to help the company determine the best way of redeploying the existing system. The approach adopted in the study relied heavily on the application of discrete location models.
Keywords:
location, integer programming, solid waste, Portugal
