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Title A multi-period model for reorganising urban household waste recycling networks
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Authors Zaharudin, ZA; Brint, A; Genovese, A
Title A multi-period model for reorganising urban household waste recycling networks
Year 2022
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.seps.2022.101396
Abstract Managing waste is a crucial challenge for modern societies. Within the UK government's ambitious environ-mental targets, municipal Household Waste Recycling Centres represent key facilities. However, local authority budgets are under severe strain due to reductions in central government funding. Therefore, local councils often need to perform reconfigurations of the recycling centres networks, by reducing the number of sites or their opening hours while still ensuring adequate service levels. This paper describes a novel multi-period mathe-matical programming model for optimising reorganisational actions within Household Waste Recycling Centre networks. The model is tested on a case study based on an English local authority, in order to demonstrate its applicability to a real-world scenario, and its role in supporting decision-makers in deciding the best way to reorganise Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Author Keywords Reorganisation; Location -allocation; Relocation; Recycling management; Household waste; Circular Economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000906860000005
WoS Category Economics; Management; Operations Research & Management Science
Research Area Business & Economics; Operations Research & Management Science
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