CONCEPTUAL MODELS TO OPTIMIZE THE HAUL, TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE© IWWG International Waste Working Group (10/2007)
Linear and integer programming can be a useful decision support tool when optimizing solid waste management systems. Optimizing the haul, transfer and final disposal of MSW through linear programming has been a typical optimization problem since the ‘70s, when emphasis was given to finding the optimum collection routes (Truitt et al., 1969) as well as to determining facility locations and capacities (Esmaili, 1972; Kirka 1988; Or and Curi, 1993).