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- Title
Fuel consumption rate and emissions variability in waste collection services routes: case study of Cascais Ambiente.
- Authors
Sousa, Vitor; Drumond, André; Meireles, Inês
- Abstract
In the design waste collection systems, it is common practice to use a constant specific fuel consumption (e.g. litres per amount of waste collected or distance travelled). This is also the approach used in many cases for fleet management, namely, for decision-making on more fuel-efficient equipment acquisition. However, the specific fuel consumption is not constant and there are spatial and temporal variations. Accounting for this variability becomes relevant if a more refined cost or environmental optimization is intended. The present research effort evaluates the energy intensity of the waste collection service in the Cascais municipality, reporting the differences and the magnitude of the variability for the mixed waste collection service. Statistically significant differences are found between the circuits, the trucks, months of the year and days of the week. It is discussed that extrapolating average fuel consumption rates for decision-making in new waste collection systems may be prone to substantial error.
- Subjects
ENERGY consumption; COLLECTION agencies; ENERGY intensity (Economics); ENVIRONMENTAL economics; SPATIAL variation
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 12, p17732
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-023-29045-z