Transportation cost analysis of the Hellenic system for alternative management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Authors: Moussiopoulos, Nicolas; Karagiannidis, Avraam; Papadopoulos, Agis; Achillas, Charisios; Antonopoulos, Ioannis; Perkoulidis, Georgios; Vlachos, Dimitrios; Vlachokostas, Christos

Source: International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, Volume 10, Number 1, July 2012 , pp. 70-89(20)

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

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This work presents an ex post analysis of the reverse logistics system for the alternative management of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) in Greece, in view of the system's initiation in 2004. The aim was to predict how this system would provide guidelines concerning facility locations for WEEE collection and to calculate the transportation costs for WEEE management. A mathematical mixed integer linear programming model of the system was developed on the basis of both extensive survey of international cases and careful considerations of both the national EEE market, as well as the national and local waste management conditions, practices and possibilities.

Keywords: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; Environment and Sustainable Development

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEWM.2012.048145

Affiliations: 1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Box 483, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

Publication date: 2012-07-01

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The objectives of International Journal of Environment and Waste Management are to establish an effective channel of communication between policy-makers, government agencies, academics and research institutions, and professionals working in the field, and to provide a forum for them to disseminate information. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. It will serve as a vehicle for the documentation and dissemination of what government bodies, research agencies, international bodies, universities, aid agencies, industries, and environmental scientists and professionals are doing in the areas of environmental and waste management.
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