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Planning Hazardous Waste Reduction and Treatment Strategies: an Optimization Approach

Brian W. Baetz

Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4L7

Eric I. Pas

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC U.S.A. 27706

P. Aarne Vesilind

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC U.S.A. 27706

An industry faced with escalating off-site waste disposal costs will often consider increasing on-site waste treatment capacity or the implementation of a waste reduction program. Waste reduction program options include input and process changes that decrease waste quantity and waste toxicity. Tradeoffs between capital investment and economy-of-scale in development are required, and will depend on the industry and the current level of waste reduction. A dynamic programming model is developed that allows the investigation of waste reduction and treatment strategies for industries in a changing regulatory and economic environment. The applicability of the optimization approach to industrial waste generators is illustrated through a hypothetical but representative industrial waste management example.

Key Words: Hazardous waste • waste reduction • waste treatment • economic optimization • capacity planning • dynamic programming.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, 153-163 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X8900700120
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