Now We Are Talking Trash

A nameless company in a densely populated metropolitan landscape far away considers opening a new landfill. The location of the new landfill and the time at which it becomes operational impact the overall waste transportation costs of large trash haulers. Furthermore, landfill ownership influences w...

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Published in:Interfaces (Providence) 2010-11, Vol.40 (6), p.451-453
Main Authors: Cullenbine, Christopher, Van Dinter, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business structures
Cost allocation
Economic costs
Efficient markets
Fees
Fees & charges
Geographic location
Landfill
Landfills
Mathematical optimization
Methods
Metropolitan areas
Mine waste
Mines
Municipal solid waste
networks
Open pit mining
Operations research
Optimization
Ownership
Pollution control
Preferences
Refuse and refuse disposal
Resource recovery
Sanitary landfills
Strategic planning
Talking trash
Transport costs
Transportation
Transportation costs
U.S.A
Waste disposal
Waste management
Wastes
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Summary:A nameless company in a densely populated metropolitan landscape far away considers opening a new landfill. The location of the new landfill and the time at which it becomes operational impact the overall waste transportation costs of large trash haulers. Furthermore, landfill ownership influences which landfills trash haulers prefer to use; i.e., trash haulers prefer to use landfills owned by the same parent company when possible. We seek an optimal allocation of waste to minimize overall transportation costs while adhering to landfill-ownership preference constraints.
ISSN:0092-2102
2644-0865
1526-551X
2644-0873
DOI:10.1287/inte.1100.0498