Optimization of Transportation for Hazardous Waste Disposal from Medical Units

The paper presents some technical considerations regarding the medical waste transportation and an optimization calculus for minimizing the transportation costs of a company specialized and authorized in collecting, transporting and final disposal of medical waste generated by healthcare facilities....

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Published inApplied mechanics and materials Vol. 811; pp. 378 - 382
Main Authors Musat, Carmina Liana, Mereuta, Claudiu, Debita, Mihaela, Rus, Madalina, Mereuta, Elena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.11.2015
Subjects
Calculus
Cost analysis
Hazardous wastes
Medical wastes
Optimization
Transportation
Waste disposal
Waste management industry
Medical Waste
Disposal
Transportation
Optimization
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Summary:The paper presents some technical considerations regarding the medical waste transportation and an optimization calculus for minimizing the transportation costs of a company specialized and authorized in collecting, transporting and final disposal of medical waste generated by healthcare facilities. The calculus revealed that it is possible to significantly reduce the transportation costs (up to 65.52%), but there are also other analysis possibilities like considering the in-between points from sources to destinations, alternative paths, limits to the amount of medical waste on each path, time.
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the ICMERA 2015 - International Conference on Smart Systems in the Fields of Aerospace, Robotics, Manufacturing Systems, Mechanical Engineering, October 29-31, 2015, Bucharest, Romania
ISBN:303835662X
9783038356622
ISSN:1660-9336
1662-7482
1662-7482
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.811.378