ISSN 2348-1218 (print) International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations ISSN 2348-1226 (online) Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp: (76-83), Month: January - March 2020, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Road optimization for waste transportation using GIS: A Case Study for Karteh Solh, Bamyan, Afghanistan Assistant Professor Mohammad Jawed Nabizada Head of Geodesy Department, Bamyan University, Bamyan, Afghanistan E-mail: Jawid.nabizada22@gmail.com, Mobile: (+93) 775693732
Abstract: Solid waste transportation is one of the most important parts of solid waste management system which consume approximately 70-80% of overall cost of solid waste management system. The aim of this study is to develop a GIS based methodological approach to reduce the overall travel distance for transportation of municipal solid waste from residential area to landfill which result less fuel consumption. The shortest collection roads for transportation of municipal solid waste has been created using network analyst extension. All those bins which must visit for clearing purpose divided into clusters based on the capacity of the collection vehicle, the average rate of filling of bins and their proximity distance. Here, it assumed that the filling rate of all bins are equal during the collection period and considered to be 80%. After creating new road for transportation of urban solid waste has been found that the Total annual travelled distance in proposed waste collection system is 30% lesser than the total annual travelled distance covered by waste collection vehicle in current waste collection system. Keywords: Urban Solid Waste Management (USWM), Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), network analyst, waste transportation, shortest road.
1. INTRODUCTION Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a component of multiple activities such as collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste [1]. On the other hand, it also includes processing and treatment of the solid waste before disposing [2]. The aim of SWM is to create an unpolluted environment for human without annoying natural resource [3]. Solid Waste Management is one of the fundamental and vital services provided by municipal authorities to preserve cities clean and sanitary [4]. However, waste management is a crucial problem as a rise in urbanization and economic development is leading to a big increase in amounts of waste materials. Lack of a proper waste management resulting open dumping, burning, and burying leads to crucial environmental and health problems. In order to reduce the increase in the amount of waste and to reduce the impact of waste on the environment and public health, we need to develop a wide-ranging waste management system. This can be only achieved by joining new technologies. GIS is one of the powerful technologies that have a huge involvement in planning and management of waste. SWM fundamentally involves the collection of waste, transportation of waste and disposal of waste [5]. The overall objective of this research is to set up a GIS-based methodological approach to improve the Solid waste transportation in Karti Solh, Bamyan, Afghanistan. In Thailand, the waste management system is like this to sort the waste in three types’ recyclable, food and toxic waste and dispose them in three different waste bins. Then these wastes are transported with different color trucks. The recyclable waste is transported to sorting plants in order to classify it again to get different recyclable materials. Food waste is transported to composting plants and then disposals are transported to a landfill. And toxic waste will treat by incinerating [6]. Similarly, in many India cities, solid waste is normally disposed of in open dump. That led to an environmental hazard and ecological imbalances [7].
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