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. 2016 May 31;13(6):548. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13060548
Set:
N = (V, S): Set of transportation network formed by nodes V and arcs S
C = (1, …, c): Set of hazardous waste collection points, CV
P = (1, …, p): Set of candidate locations of treatment facility, PV
R = (1, …, r): Set of candidate locations of recycling facility, RV
U = (1, …, u): Set of candidate locations of disposal facility, UV
TP = (1, …, tp): Set of types of hazardous waste
TE = (1, …, te): Set of treatment technologies of hazardous waste
Parameters:
Uca,bs1: Unit transportation cost of hazardous waste from collection point aC to treatment facility bP, (a, b)∈S
Uca,bs2: Unit transportation cost of hazardous waste from collection point aC to recycling facility bR, (a, b)∈S
Uca,bs3: Unit transportation cost of waste components from treatment facility aP to recycling facility bR, (a, b)∈S
Uca,bs4: Unit transportation cost of waste residue from treatment facility aP to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
Uca,bs4: Unit transportation cost of waste residue from recycling facility aR to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
Fca,tev1: Fixed facility cost for opening a treatment facility at candidate point aP with technology teTE
Fcav2: Fixed facility cost for opening a recycling facility at candidate point aR
Fcav3: Fixed facility cost for opening a disposal facility at candidate point aU
Pca,tev1: Unit processing cost at treatment facility aP with technology teTE
Pcav2: Unit processing cost at recycling facility aR
Pcav3: Unit processing cost at disposal facility aU
RSPa,te: Risk level of processing technology teTE at treatment facility aP
RSUa: Risk level of disposal facility aU
RSWa,b,tp: Risk level of hazardous waste type tpTP transported from collection point aC to treatment facility bP
RSRa,b: Risk level of post-treatment waste residue transported from treatment facility aP to disposal facility bU
PEPav1: Population exposed to treatment facility aP
PEPav3: Population exposed to disposal facility aU
PEPa,bs1: Population exposed along the transportation route from collection point aC to treatment facility bP, (a, b)∈S
PEPa,bs4: Population exposed along the transportation route from treatment facility aP to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
HWGa,tp: Hazardous waste type tpTP collected at collection point aC
τa,tev1: Conversion rate of hazardous waste at treatment facility aP with technology teTE
τav2: Conversion rate of hazardous waste at recycling facility aR
Capta,tev1: Capacity of treatment facility aP with technology teTE
Captav2: Capacity of recycling facility aR
Captav3: Capacity of disposal facility aU
ReRa,te: Required recycling rate of post-treatment residue at treatment facility aP with technology teTE
Fra,te: Recyclable fraction of post-treatment residue at treatment facility aP with technology teTE
IFN: An infinitive large number
Comptp, tev1: Binary compatibility factor determines if the type of waste tpTP is compatible with the treatment technology teTE
Comp tp,bv1: Binary compatibility factor determines if the type of waste tpTP is compatible with direct recycling at bR
RSx: Compensation faction of risk level, RSx{RSPa,te, RSUa, RSWa,b,tp, RSRa,b}
CompensationConsequence: Compensation factor of consequence of accident
CompensationProbability: Compensation factor of probability of accident
ProbabilityGeneral: General probability of catastrophic accident
ProbabilityLocality: Locality factor
Consequencetype: Compensation factor for type of hazardous waste
Consequencetechnology: Compensation factor for technology applied at treatment facility
Decision variables:
Qaa,b,tp,tes1: Amount of hazardous waste type tpTP from collection point aC to treatment facility bP with technology teTE, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,b,tps2: Amount of hazardous waste type tpTP from collection point aC to recycling facility bR, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,b,tes3: Amount of waste components from treatment facility aP with technology teTE to recycling facility bR, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,b,tes4: Amount of waste residue from treatment facility aP with technology teTE to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,bs3: Amount of waste components from treatment facility aP to recycling facility bR, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,bs4: Amount of waste residue from treatment facility aP to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,bs5: Amount of waste residue from recycling facility aR to disposal facility bU, (a, b)∈S
Qaa,tev1/Qab,tev1: Amount of hazardous waste received at treatment facility aP, bP with technology teTE
Qaav2/Qabv2: Amount of hazardous waste received at recycling facility aR, bR
Qaav3/Qabv3: Amount of hazardous waste received at disposal facility aU, bU
Dea,tev1/Deb,tev1: Binary decision variable determines if a treatment facility is opened at candidate point aP, bP with technology tpTP
Deav2/Debv2: Binary decision variable determines if a recycling facility is opened at candidate point aR, bR
Deav3/Debv3: Binary decision variable determines if a disposal facility is opened at candidate point aU, bU