TY - JFULL AU - Nergiz Fırıncı and Aysun Çelik and Ertan Akün and Md. Atif Khan PY - 2009/2/ TI - A Pilot Study for the Optimization of Routes for Waste Collection Vehicles for the Göçmenköy District of Lefkoşa T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 118 EP - 122 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12131 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 25, 2009 N2 - A pilot project was carried out in 2007 by the senior students of Cyprus International University, aiming to minimize the total cost of waste collection in Northern Cyprus. Many developed and developing countries have cut their transportation costs – which lies between 30-40% – down at a rate of 40% percent, by implementing network models for their route assignments. Accordingly, a network model was implemented at Göçmenköy district, to optimize and standardize waste collection works. The work environment of the employees were also redesigned to provide maximum ergonomy and to increase productivity, efficiency and safety. Following the collection of the required data including waste densities, lengths of roads and population, a model was constructed to allocate the optimal route assignment for the waste collection trucks at Göçmenköy district. ER -