Optimal waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: There have been many problems generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of them is the worrying increase in the generation of medical waste due to the great risk they represent for health. Therefore, this work proposes a mathematical model for optimal solid waste management, proposing a circular value chain where all types of waste are treated in an intensified industrial park. The model selects the processing technologies and their production capacity. The problem was formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming problem to maximize profits and the waste processed, minimizing environmental impact. The proposed strategy is applied to the case study of the city of New York, where the increase in the generation of medical waste has been very significant. To promote recycling, different tax

SUBMITTER: Munguia-Lopez ADC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature