2023 Volume 79 Issue 26 Article ID: 23-26022
Local governments are facing tight budgets and a shortage of waste disposal leaders, and it is foreseeable that the continuation of the existing general waste disposal system will be difficult in local areas. Even under such severe circumstances, it is important to consider a stable and efficient waste treatment system from a different perspective, as society demands that global warming countermeasures be strengthened in conjunction with the development of waste treatment facilities. In this study, as one of the solutions to such regional issues, we clarified the effects of different methods of relay transportation and relay facility construction on the feasibility of wide-area waste management. As a result, it was clarified that although the construction of relay facilities is effective from the viewpoint of reducing transportation costs, it does not necessarily result in a reduction of project costs for the entire region when the construction and inspection/repair costs of relay facilities are combined, and that it is necessary to consider the appropriate number of relay stations.
