Optimizing the treatment and disposal of municipal solid wastes using mathematical programming - A case study in a Greek region

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-57

  Minoglou, Minas ^a   Komilis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Mathematical programming; Modeling; Municipal solid wastes; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARTICIPATION RATE; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPOSTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; FOOD; GREECE; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; THRACE;

EID: 84887112006     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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