Transportation cost and CO2 emissions of the municipal waste transportation network in the region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Greece

According to the previously approved Waste Management Plan RWMP, of the year 2005, one Integrated Waste Management Unit (IWMU) was scheduled to function in the prefecture of Xanthi, to serve the population of the whole Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. In order for the waste transportation system to be optimized, towards the IWMU, a suitable network of 15 Waste Transportation Stations (WTS) and 6 Recycling Centers (RC) was designed accordingly.

In this work, modifications imposed by the revision of the Regional Waste Management Plan (RWMP) in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, regarding transportation cost as well as CO 2 emissions are examined. These two parameters are directly related to the kilometers covered by the waste transportation vehicles, which due to the alterations taking place have changed. According to the results of the present work, the modification of RWMP is thought to be essential for a rational development of the Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP), on a financial as well as environmental basis, optimizing both parameters.

Autor(en)

I. Markidis, F. Tsagas, I. Tsakmakis, N. Grigoropoulos, Dr. Dimitris Dermatas

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2nd International Conference - 2009 (Juni 2009)

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