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Comprehensive Review on Waste Generation Modeling

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  • Radovan Šomplák

    (Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Veronika Smejkalová

    (Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Martin Rosecký

    (Czech Math, a.s., Šumavská 416/15, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Lenka Szásziová

    (Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Vlastimír Nevrlý

    (Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Dušan Hrabec

    (Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Nad Stráněmi 4511, 760 05 Zlín, Czech Republic)

  • Martin Pavlas

    (Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Strategic plans for waste management require information on the current and future waste generation as a primary data source. Over the years, various approaches and methods for waste generation modeling have been presented and applied. This review provides a summary of the tasks that require information on waste generation that are most frequently handled in waste management. It is hypothesized that there is not currently a modeling approach universally suitable for forecasting any fraction of waste. It is also hypothesized that most models do not allow for modeling different scenarios of future development. Almost 360 publications were examined in detail, and all of the tracked attributes are included in the supplementary. A general step-by-step guide to waste generation forecasting, comprising data preparation, pre-processing, processing, and post-processing, was proposed. The problems that occurred in the individual steps were specified, and the authors’ recommendations for their solution were provided. A forecasting approach based on a short time series is presented, due to insufficient options of approaches for this problem. An approach is presented for creating projections of waste generation depending on the expected system changes. Researchers and stakeholders can use this document as a supporting material when deciding on a suitable approach to waste generation modeling or waste management plans.

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  • Radovan Šomplák & Veronika Smejkalová & Martin Rosecký & Lenka Szásziová & Vlastimír Nevrlý & Dušan Hrabec & Martin Pavlas, 2023. "Comprehensive Review on Waste Generation Modeling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-29, February.
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