title: A multi-echelon supply chain model for municipal solid waste management system.
abstract: In this paper, a multi-echelon multi-period solid waste management system (MSWM) was developed by inoculating with multi-echelon supply chain. Waste managers, suppliers, industries and distributors could be engaged in joint strategic planning and operational execution. The principal of MSWM system is interactive planning of transportation and inventory for each organization in waste collection, delivery and disposal. An efficient inventory management plan for MSWM would lead to optimized productivity levels under available capacities (e.g., transportation and operational capacities). The applicability of the proposed system was illustrated by a case with three cities, one distribution and two waste disposal facilities. Solutions of the decision variable values under different significant levels indicate a consistent trend. With an increased significant level, the total generated waste would be decreased, and the total transported waste through distribution center to waste to energy and landfill would be decreased as well.
authors.affiliation: Energy and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China. Electronic address: yimei.zhang1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yimei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Environmental Systems Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
authors.forename: Guo He
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Energy and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics*; D018803:Models, Economic; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014186:Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*
keywords: CCP; DC; Environmental; Inventory; MSW; MSWM; Management; Multi echelon; SC; SCM; Solid waste management; Stochastic; Supply chain; WTE; conventional multi-echelon supply chain management; distribution center; multi-echelon multi-period solid waste management; municipal solid waste; supply chain; waste to energy plant