Locating a recycling center: The general density case

Jannett Highfill (), Michael Mcasey and Libin Mou

International Advances in Economic Research, 1998, vol. 4, issue 4, 428-440

Abstract: This paper considers a municipality that has a landfill (in a fixed location) and plans to optimally locate a recycling center to minimize transportation costs. The transportation problem consists of two stages. The first stage is the transportation of waste from households to the recycling center. Households are distributed (not necessarily uniformly) over the two-dimensional city. The second stage is the transportation of non-recyclables from the recycling center to the landfill. A precise description of the recycling center's optimal location depends on the density function, the proportion of recycled waste, and the location of the landfill. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 1998

Date: 1998
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