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Municipality Waste Management Study Case Study: Alimos, Greece
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ScienceDirect Procedia Technology 8 (2013) 540 – 543
6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2013)
Municipality Waste Management Study Case Study: Alimos, Greece Hatzichristos Thomasa,*, Marseli Constantinab, Spastra Yiotab a
Phd in Geoinformatics, MEng in Surveying, NTUA, Addresss: 38 Ilias Str., Glyfada, Greece b Geographer, MSc in Geoinformatics
Abstract The utilization of Geographic Information Systems tools in the redesign of waste management services of a certain municipality, with the purpose of resource savings and better staff use and development, is self-evident nowadays. © by by Elsevier Ltd.B.V. © 2013 2013The TheAuthors. Authors.Published Published Elsevier Selection under responsibility of The Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Selectionand andpeer-review peer-review under responsibility of HAICTA. Food and Environment (HAICTA) Keywords: Waste Management; GIS; Location-allocation; Zone Design; Routing
This paper concerns on the methodology and the applied methods for the redesign of a municipality’s waste management infrastructure and its basic elements, and includes three stages: Delineation of waste collection zones, Location allocation of trash and recycling bins and Redesign of garbage trucks routes. Delineation of waste collection zones: Aiming to the equivalence of each sector, waste collection zones are redesigned for the better functioning of the collection system, taking into account: the spatial distribution of the permanent population, the spatial distribution of businesses and other land uses (except for residential) and the available infrastructure. This phase is accomplished with the application of Zone Design algorithms (map 1).
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +30-6974-716-027. E-mail address: [email protected]
2212-0173 © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of The Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Food and Environment (HAICTA) doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2013.11.075
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Map 1: Delineation of waste collection zones at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
Location allocation of trash and recycling bins: Optimizing the spatial distribution of waste and recycling bins is the second stage. Its purpose is to optimize access to the existing bins for the citizens of the area, to reduce the overall distance and to increase the recycling rate. This stage is accomplished with the application of locationallocation algorithms. Their results are evaluated and optimized by expert engineers (map 2).
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Map 2: Location allocation of trash and recycling bins at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
Redesign of garbage trucks Routes: The steps for determining the routes are: i. Determination of the position of the bins, ii. Identification of road network and of its characteristics and, iii. Evaluation of preliminary routes and development of revised ones. This stage is accomplished by utilizing network analysis routing algorithms (map 3).
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Map 3: Redesign of garbage trucks Routes at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
A Case Study will also be presented concerning the municipality of Alimos, in Attica, Greece. The benefits of the proposed methodology will be highlighted and the economic profit on the municipality’s budget, on a yearly basis, will be stressed. It is estimated at 25%.
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ScienceDirect Procedia Technology 8 (2013) 540 – 543
6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2013)
Municipality Waste Management Study Case Study: Alimos, Greece Hatzichristos Thomasa,*, Marseli Constantinab, Spastra Yiotab a
Phd in Geoinformatics, MEng in Surveying, NTUA, Addresss: 38 Ilias Str., Glyfada, Greece b Geographer, MSc in Geoinformatics
Abstract The utilization of Geographic Information Systems tools in the redesign of waste management services of a certain municipality, with the purpose of resource savings and better staff use and development, is self-evident nowadays. © by by Elsevier Ltd.B.V. © 2013 2013The TheAuthors. Authors.Published Published Elsevier Selection under responsibility of The Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Selectionand andpeer-review peer-review under responsibility of HAICTA. Food and Environment (HAICTA) Keywords: Waste Management; GIS; Location-allocation; Zone Design; Routing
This paper concerns on the methodology and the applied methods for the redesign of a municipality’s waste management infrastructure and its basic elements, and includes three stages: Delineation of waste collection zones, Location allocation of trash and recycling bins and Redesign of garbage trucks routes. Delineation of waste collection zones: Aiming to the equivalence of each sector, waste collection zones are redesigned for the better functioning of the collection system, taking into account: the spatial distribution of the permanent population, the spatial distribution of businesses and other land uses (except for residential) and the available infrastructure. This phase is accomplished with the application of Zone Design algorithms (map 1).
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +30-6974-716-027. E-mail address: [email protected]
2212-0173 © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of The Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Food and Environment (HAICTA) doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2013.11.075
Hatzichristos Thomas et al. / Procedia Technology 8 (2013) 540 – 543
Map 1: Delineation of waste collection zones at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
Location allocation of trash and recycling bins: Optimizing the spatial distribution of waste and recycling bins is the second stage. Its purpose is to optimize access to the existing bins for the citizens of the area, to reduce the overall distance and to increase the recycling rate. This stage is accomplished with the application of locationallocation algorithms. Their results are evaluated and optimized by expert engineers (map 2).
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Map 2: Location allocation of trash and recycling bins at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
Redesign of garbage trucks Routes: The steps for determining the routes are: i. Determination of the position of the bins, ii. Identification of road network and of its characteristics and, iii. Evaluation of preliminary routes and development of revised ones. This stage is accomplished by utilizing network analysis routing algorithms (map 3).
Hatzichristos Thomas et al. / Procedia Technology 8 (2013) 540 – 543
Map 3: Redesign of garbage trucks Routes at the Municipality of Alimos, Attica.
A Case Study will also be presented concerning the municipality of Alimos, in Attica, Greece. The benefits of the proposed methodology will be highlighted and the economic profit on the municipality’s budget, on a yearly basis, will be stressed. It is estimated at 25%.
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