Environmental Impacts of MSW Collection Route Optimization Using Gis: A Case Study Of 10th Of Ramadan City, Egypt

TL;DR

This study uses GIS-based route optimization to improve municipal solid waste collection efficiency and reduce environmental impact in 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt, analyzing different scenarios for better operational decisions.

Contribution

It applies GIS tools to optimize MSW collection routes, evaluating environmental and cost impacts, which is a novel approach for this specific urban context.

Findings

Travel time reduced by 26.5%

Traveled distance increased by 90% with more trucks

Optimization improves collection efficiency

Abstract

For municipal solid waste (MSW) collection purposes, optimal routes for collection need to be determined for trucks to improve the impact on both the environment and the collection cost. This improvement leads to benefits such as decreasing truck emissions, and pollution and improving the collection efficiency of the process. In this research, a case study is developed using the ArcMap Network Analyst tool to plan the MSW collection and transportation scheme from the city of the 10th of Ramadan to a new proposed landfill location. Several collection scenarios are analyzed and evaluated in terms of total travel time and distance to find the best operation variables such as the number of collection trucks and their routes. Results showed that the system improved the total travel time of waste collection by (26.5%). However, due to the increased number of trucks, the traveled distance increased by (90%) in the proposed scenario.