TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The high costs of collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) on the overall waste management budget (sometimes more than 75 per cent) makes it an issue to be urgently addressed for improvement. The paper aims to focus on the optimisation of routing networks for waste collection/transportation.Design/methodology/approach– The paper proposes herein the application of geographic information system (GIS) 3D route modelling for waste collection/transportation to optimise the route according to the minimum fuel consumption criterion to different municipalities of the island of Santo Antao of Cape Verde.Findings– The optimisation for the lowest fuel consumption yields 52 per cent savings in fuel, when compared to that for the shortest distance, even travelling a 34 percent longer distance, which shows the importance of considering simultaneously the relief of the territory and the lowest fuel consumption criterion when optimising vehicle routes.Practical implications– With such a supporting decision tool savings in fuel are huge, the efficiency of management systems is improved and the environmental impact during daily operation is reduced. The GIS 3D route modelling takes into account the effects of both the road inclination and the vehicle load.Originality/value– The originality of the work lies in the chosen approach. To optimise vehicle routes the criterion of minimum fuel consumption rather than the commonly used shortest distance is used, since fuel consumption is the factor reflecting actual costs relative to MSW management.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 1477-7835
DO  - 10.1108/14777830810878632
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14777830810878632
AU  - Tavares Gilberto
AU  - Zsigraiova Zdena
AU  - Semiao Viriato
AU  - da Graça Carvalho Maria
ED  - Nikola Ruzinski
ED  - Natalija Koprivanac
ED  - Slaven Dobrovic
ED  - Gordana Stefanovic
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - A case study of fuel savings through optimisation of MSW transportation routes
T2  - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 444
EP  - 454
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -