Study for using tracking data of MSW collection and transport in Da Nang City, Vietnam

Abstract

In Da Nang City, GPS loggers are mounted on a part of the waste collection vehicles for the purpose of improving work management and collection efficiency, and the tracking data is constantly accumulated. In this research, with the aim of obtaining knowledge useful for improving the waste collection efficiency of Da Nang City, the author decided to examine collection efficiency and its influencing factors using these tracking data. In addition, for the waste discharged in the 5 central wards of Da Nang city, the author conducted interval estimation of total working time of the day using the work efficiency indices obtained in this study, and also analyzed the uncertainty of the model parameters to verify the reliability of them.