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Location Analysis Helps Manage Solid Waste in Central Portugal

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  • António P. Antunes

    (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3049 Coimbra Codex, Portugal)

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By the beginning of the 1990s, the Portuguese Centro Region was suffering from extremely serious solid-waste-sector problems. The Portuguese Centro Region Coordination Agency asked me to prepare a document identifying the main issues involved in finding a solution to the existing problems and to propose a master plan for intervention. My proposal defined a network of sanitary landfills and transfer stations covering the whole region (23,700 square km; 1,714,000 inhabitants). The proposal was the basis for the discussions held at the regional council and for the solution that is currently being implemented. To define the network, I developed a mixed-integer optimization model combining elements of a p-median model and a capacitated-facility-location model with transshipments.

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  • António P. Antunes, 1999. "Location Analysis Helps Manage Solid Waste in Central Portugal," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 29(4), pages 32-43, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:29:y:1999:i:4:p:32-43
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.29.4.32
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