IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tjorxx/v72y2021i8p1898-1913.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Solution of the maximal covering tour problem for locating recycling drop-off stations

Author

Listed:
  • Maximiliano Cubillos
  • Sanne Wøhlk

Abstract

Tactical decisions on the location of recycling drop-off stations and the associated collection system are essential in order to increase recycling amounts while keeping operational costs at a minimum. The conflicting nature of the objectives of the problem can be modelled as a bi-objective location-routeing problem. In this paper, we address the location-routeing problem of recycling drop-off stations by solving the Maximal Covering Tour Problem. To this aim, we propose a heuristic inspired by a variable neighbourhood search. The heuristic is tested on a set of benchmark instances from the TSPLIB and applied to a set of real-life instances from both urban and rural areas in Denmark. Based on the results of the real-life cases, we provide insights on the trade-off between recycling rates and transportation costs.

Suggested Citation

  • Maximiliano Cubillos & Sanne Wøhlk, 2021. "Solution of the maximal covering tour problem for locating recycling drop-off stations," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(8), pages 1898-1913, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:72:y:2021:i:8:p:1898-1913
    DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2020.1746701
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01605682.2020.1746701
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/01605682.2020.1746701?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:72:y:2021:i:8:p:1898-1913. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/tjor .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.