Maximizing the Capacity Utilization of Selective Waste Collection Vehicles
Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
Volume: 19
Issue: 7
Page Range: 165-176
Description:
Selective Waste Collection is an essential part of recycling raw materials, in order to protect our environment. The waste collection is carried out by using a seriously polluting vehicle, due to the fact that most of the gathering vehicles are using fossil energy sources, like gasoline. High volume of carcinogenic elements are contained in the emitted exhaust gases. The current waste collection methods are just focusing on the load of the selective waste collective vehicle during a collection route. The goal of this research is to find the best solution to use the full storage capacity of the selective waste collecting vehicle with the lowest volume of residual air due to the effectively compressed waste. The closed and uncompressed PET bottles require the largest volume in the waste collecting vehicle. It is essential to minimize the air in the PET bottles to decrease the volume. Different methods have been examined to increase the density of the selectively collected waste. Statistical data have been used to determine the collecting parameters – nowadays, a 15 t waste collecting vehicle, with a 20 m3 load capacity is only gathering 1-1.5 t PET due to the ineffective use of its load compartment. The application of the method herein, enhances the efficiency of the waste collecting vehicle by gathering 4-10 times more waste than currently used methods.
Open Access: Yes