Tutorial6:SolidWasteManagement

1.
Determinethetruckcapacityrequiredtoensureonceaweekpickupfor250locationsperdayina
smalltown.Thedisposalsiteis6.4kmawayfromthecollectionroute.Frompastexperience,a
delaytimeof13minutescanbeexpected.Thecrewtake15minutesbreaksforeachtrip.Thedata
giveninTable8.1havebeenfoundtobetypicalfortheentirecity.Eachstoptypicallyhasthree
canscontaining4kgeach.About10percentofthestopsarebackyardpickups.Assumethattwo
tripsperdaywillbemadetothedisposalsite.Thecrewsizeconsistoftwoworkers.Theavailable
dumptruckfromalocalsupplierareratedtoachieveadensity(DT)of400kg/m3andadumptime
of6.0minutes.
Given:
=0.72min/stop
a=0.18min/stop
b=0.014min/stop
(Ans:3.43m3,118pickupsperload)

2.
Estimate the customer service charge for the situation of Q1. The initial truck cost of a 4.0 m
compactor truck is $104,000 and the average O & M cost over the fiveyear life of the truck is
expected to be $5.50/km. The interest rate is8.25 percent. The average route length is 6.3 km.
Theaveragehourlywagerateis$13.50perhourwith1.5forovertime.Theoverheadrateis125
percentofthehourlywagerate.
(Ans:$58.52peryear)

3.
ThedisposalsiteforthetowninQ1willbeclosedintwoyearsbecauseofthelackofcapacity.An
alternativedisposalsitewillbeavailablewhenthepresentsiteisclosed.Itwillbeacountywide
regionalsystemthatwillbe32.5kmfromthecollectionroute.UsingthedatafromQ1andQ2and
thefollowingassumptions,determinethemaximumhaultimeforthecollectionvehicleandthe
costforcollectionvehicleandtransfervehiclehaul:Nd=I,B=0.50h,andtheamortizedcapital
costandoperatingcostforthetransferstationisapproximately$37/Mg.
(Ans:$145.62/Mgcompareto$79.38/Mg)

4.
HowmuchlandfillspacedoesthetowninQ1requirefor20yearsofoperation?Assumethatthe
townwilluseacellheightof2.4mandthatitwillfollownormalpracticeanduse0.15mofsoilfor
dailycover:0.3mtocompletethecell;andafinalcoverof0.6mforeverystackofthreecells.
Assumethatcompactionwillbenormal.
(Ans:66,203m,8,827m2)

WeightedcompactionratiosforQ4

CrosssectionalviewofMSWlandfillstackofthreeweeklycells(Q4)