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Location–allocation of bins in urban solid waste management: a case study of Bilaspur city, India

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For an efficient management of solid waste across the cities, proper allocation of waste bins has become a subject of paramount importance. At present, most of the cities of developing countries are facing the problem of lack of waste bins in appropriate places. This deficiency in the number of waste bins results in littering habit and increases the number of waste collection points for the local authorities. Large numbers of collection points increase the collection cost and carbon emission in the environment. In this paper, a mixed integer linear programming model has been formulated to determine the total number of bins required in any site considering different factors like multiple types of sources, waste bins and wastes types along with safety and rag-picking. An efficient method has been proposed for the allocation of bins such that the bins are able to provide service to the entire targeted site. The developed model is tested using the data obtained from an Indian city to demonstrate its applicability. The result manifests the effectiveness of the model in terms of reduction in collection points (15%), idling cost (25%) and carbon emission (35%).

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The authors acknowledge the support of Bilaspur Municipal Corporation for providing the necessary data and having discussions over the present situation and the feasibility of the proposed model. The author also acknowledges the effort of reviewer’s for their valuable suggestion in order to increase the standard of the article.

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    Pradeep Rathore & Sarada Prasad Sarmah

  2. Department of Rural Technology and Social Development, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India

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Rathore, P., Sarmah, S.P. & Singh, A. Location–allocation of bins in urban solid waste management: a case study of Bilaspur city, India. Environ Dev Sustain 22, 3309–3331 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00347-y

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