title: Energy and time modelling of kerbside waste collection: Changes incurred when adding source separated food waste.
abstract: The collection of source separated kerbside municipal FW (SSFW) is being incentivised in Australia, however such a collection is likely to increase the fuel and time a collection truck fleet requires. Therefore, waste managers need to determine whether the incentives outweigh the cost. With literature scarcely describing the magnitude of increase, and local parameters playing a crucial role in accurately modelling kerbside collection; this paper develops a new general mathematical model that predicts the energy and time requirements of a collection regime whilst incorporating the unique variables of different jurisdictions. The model, Municipal solid waste collect (MSW-Collect), is validated and shown to be more accurate at predicting fuel consumption and trucks required than other common collection models. When predicting changes incurred for five different SSFW collection scenarios, results show that SSFW scenarios require an increase in fuel ranging from 1.38% to 57.59%. There is also a need for additional trucks across most SSFW scenarios tested. All SSFW scenarios are ranked and analysed in regards to fuel consumption; sensitivity analysis is conducted to test key assumptions.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Electronic address: s3137258@student.rmit.edu.au.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
authors.forename: Maazuza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Othman
authors.affiliation: Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burn
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
authors.forename: Enda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crossin
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005735:Garbage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Biowaste; Food waste; Kerbside waste collection; Municipal waste collection; Source separated; Waste collection model