Municipal Solid Waste Management Framework and Systems

General Scheme for Management of MSW

First: Generation of Waste

Second: Management, Separation, and Recovery:

• Recovery with selection: Pre-collection, collection, and transportation.
• Recovery without selection: Pre-collection, collection, and transport; recovery; elimination.

Selective Collection of Components

Operating Systems

• Receptacles and containers
• Container washing
• Security vehicles

Service Organization

• Hours, days, and frequency of collection
• Productivity of the collection team
• Routes and operating control

Citizen Outreach and Pre-collection

Separation in Homes and Businesses

• Bags or sacks
• Individual containers by product or fractions

Grouped Containers on the Road

• Individual containers and underground containers
• Containers with two or more bags

Methods for Waste Collection

• Manual collection with light vehicles
• Cases without compaction and boxes with compaction
• Static-free picking up boxes

Equipment for Selective Collection

• Bodies for selective harvesting with compaction
• Bodies for selective collection without compaction
• Mixed selective collection bodies
• Cranes and lifting boxes
• Ancillary equipment

Non-Selective Collection of Waste

Organization of Collection Services

General Considerations

• Frequency of collection, hours, and waste discharge
• Seasonality

Analysis of Collection Routes

• Types of collection: Manual and mechanized rear cargo
• Features: Type of vehicle, staff allocation, and productivity
• Washing of containers: Frequency, schedule, and seasonality
• Calculation and media planning: Pre-collection, collectors, human resources, and container washing

Waste Treatment and Pre-collection

• Compaction and milling: Pre-collection adequacy of urban waste and final presentation
• Environmental impact of waste pre-collection

Urban Solid Waste Collection

• Influence of urbanization and socio-cultural levels
• Collection of compaction: Equipment, systems, and washing of buckets and containers
• Waste collection in historical centers
• Collection of MSW in rural areas

Pneumatic Collection

• Principles: Theoretical analysis of computer operating compressors, turbines, and manifolds
• Circuit: Vertical mailboxes, transport network, and general blowers
• Process Control: Air purification systems and subsystems