Abstract: Solid waste transportation is one of the most important parts of solid waste management system which consume approximately 70-80% of overall cost of solid waste management system. The aim of this study is to develop a GIS based methodological approach to reduce the overall travel distance for transportation of municipal solid waste from residential area to landfill which result less fuel consumption. The shortest collection roads for transportation of municipal solid waste has been created using network analyst extension. All those bins which must visit for clearing purpose divided into clusters based on the capacity of the collection vehicle, the average rate of filling of bins and their proximity distance. Here, it assumed that the filling rate of all bins are equal during the collection period and considered to be 80%. After creating new road for transportation of urban solid waste has been found that the Total annual travelled distance in proposed waste collection system is 30% lesser than the total annual travelled distance covered by waste collection vehicle in current waste collection system.
Keywords: Urban Solid Waste Management (USWM), Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), network analyst, waste transportation, shortest road.
Title: Road optimization for waste transportation using GIS: A Case Study for Karteh Solh, Bamyan, Afghanistan
Author: Assistant Professor Mohammad Jawed Nabizada
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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