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A strategic design approach for optimization of regional hazardous waste management systems

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Title A strategic design approach for optimization of regional hazardous waste management systems
 
Creator NEMA, AK
MODAK, PM
 
Subject disposal
regional hazardous waste management
strategic planning
facility location
waste allocation
cost minimization
risk minimization
 
Description The planning and design of a regional hazardous waste management system involves selection of treatment and disposal technologies and sites, allocation of hazardous waste from generator to the sites and selection of thr transportation routes. To arrive at the optimum configuration of system components, the conventional approach uses the annual waste generation rate as the design criterion. This paper investigates limitations of this design criterion in detail and presents an improved strategic design approach. The strategic design approach is based on the adaptive use of cumulative hazardous waste generation and annual waste generation rates, Experience with the example problem solved shows its superiority over the conventional approach in terms of reduced cost as well as risk. Further, the solution identified by the proposed approach eliminates the possibility of exhaustion of disposal sites during the planning period, and therefore serves as a robust planning tool.
 
Publisher ACADEMIC PRESS LTD
 
Date 2011-07-12T20:31:02Z
2011-12-26T13:02:44Z
2011-12-27T05:49:33Z
2011-07-12T20:31:02Z
2011-12-26T13:02:44Z
2011-12-27T05:49:33Z
1998
 
Type Article
 
Identifier WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, 16(3), 210-224
0734-242X
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X9801600303
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/3518
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/3518
 
Language en