title: Dynamic waste management (DWM): towards an evolutionary decision-making approach.
abstract: To guarantee sustainable and dynamic waste management, the dynamic waste management approach (DWM) suggests an evolutionary new approach that maintains a constant flow towards the most favourable waste treatment processes (facilities) within a system. To that end, DWM is based on the law of conservation of energy, which allows the balancing of a network, while considering the constraints of incoming (h1 ) and outgoing (h2 ) loads, as well as the distribution network (ΔH) characteristics. The developed approach lies on the identification of the prioritization index (PI) for waste generators (analogy to h1 ), a global allocation index for each of the treatment processes (analogy to h2 ) and the linear index load loss (ΔH) associated with waste transport. To demonstrate the scope of DWM, we outline this approach, and then present an example of its application. The case study shows that the variable monthly waste from the three considered sources is dynamically distributed in priority to the more favourable processes. Moreover, the reserve (stock) helps temporarily store waste in order to ease the global load of the network and favour a constant feeding of the treatment processes. The DWM approach serves as a decision-making tool by evaluating new waste treatment processes, as well as their location and new means of transport for waste.
authors.affiliation: 1Station Expérimentale des Procédés Pilotes en Environnement (STEPPE), Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glaus
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laforest
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laforest
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourgois
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hausler
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D003657:Decision Making; D017745:Incineration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D059027:Recycling; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste
keywords: Waste management; decision-making tool; integrated management; law of conservation of energy; model simulation; systemic approach