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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 22, No. 6, 466-476 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04048522

A model to minimize joint total costs for industrial waste producers and waste management companies

Ingela Tietze-Stöckinger

Institute for Industrial Production, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, ingela.tietze-stoeckinger{at}wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de

Wolf Fichtner

Institute for Industrial Production, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

Otto Rentz

Institute for Industrial Production, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

The model LINKopt is a mixed-integer, linear programming model for mid- and long-term planning of waste management options on an inter-company level. There has been a large increase in the transportation of waste material in Germany, which has been attributed to the implementation of the European Directive 75/442/EEC on waste. Similar situations are expected to emerge in other European countries. The model LINKopt has been developed to determine a waste management system with minimal decision-relevant costs considering transportation, handling, storage and treatment of waste materials. The model can serve as a tool to evaluate various waste management strategies and to obtain the optimal combination of investment options. In addition to costs, ecological aspects are considered by determining the total mileage associated with the waste management system. The model has been applied to a German case study evaluating different investment options for a co-operation between Daimler-Chrysler AG at Rastatt, its suppliers, and the waste management company SITA P+R GmbH. The results show that the installation of waste management facilities at the premises of the waste producer would lead to significant reductions in costs and transportation.

Key Words: Industrial waste management • mixed-integer linear programming • optimization • long- and mid-term planning • inter-company level • wmr 713-1


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