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http://dx.doi.org/10.17137/korrae.2018.26.1.13

Effect of Waste Transfer Stations on Collection Efficiency in Seoul  

Yoo, Kee-Young (Office of Planning and Coordination, The Seoul Institute)
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Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association / v.26, no.1, 2018 , pp. 13-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
25 local districts in Seoul have been running Waste Transfer Stations(WTSs) to secure regional collection bases, to connect between collection systems and waste treatment systems, and to commit various pre-screening of mixed wastes. There were, however, few previous researches to define how much WTSs are beneficial to waste collection system at least in Korea. So this study analyzed costs of waste collection systems with varied haul distances from waste sources(WSs) to WTS or building types of WTSs. Major results showed that the closer WTS is to WS or the cheaper the construction cost of WTS is, the lower the cost of waste collection system is. There was an additional result that WTS system with more than 15 km of total haul distance might be useful in Seoul and encapsulation of WTS in building or underground will make effective total haul distances longer up to 35km.
Keywords
waste transfer station; collection cost; total haul distance; building type;
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