title: Development and application of the decision support system for municipal solid waste management in central Taiwan.
abstract: Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is an important, practical and challenging environmental subject. The processes of a MSWM system include household collection, transportation, treatment, material recycling, compost and disposal. A regional program of MSWM is more complicated owing to the involvement of multi-municipality and multi-facility issues. Therefore, an effective decision support system capable of solving regional MSWM problems is necessary for decision-makers. This article employs linear programming techniques to establish a MSWM decision support system (MSWM-DSS) that is able to determine the least costs of regional MSWM strategies. The results of investigating a real-world case in central Taiwan indicate that a regional program is more economical and efficient. For the redeployment of MSW streams, the relatively least cost of operation for the MSWM system can still be achieved through the re-estimation of the MSWM-DSS. This tool and results are useful for MSWM policy-making in central Taiwan.
authors: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Yao-Jen
authors: YJ
authors: Chang
authors: Min-Der
authors: MD
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D059027:Recycling / Q000191:economics; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000032:analysis* / Q000191:economics; D013624:Taiwan; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste