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This paper addresses two important issues that may affect the operations efficiency in the recycling industry. First, the industry contains many small-scale and inefficient recycling firms, especially in developing countries. Second, the output from recycling a waste product often yields...
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This paper studies a new multi-product dynamic lot sizing problem, where the inventories of all products are replenished jointly with the same quantity whenever a production occurs. Such problems may occur in poultry and some chemical industries. We first introduce the general problem that...
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This article is motivated by the case of a company manufacturing industrial equipment that faces two types of demand: on the one hand there are the so-called regular orders for installations or refurbishing of existing facilities, these orders have a relatively long lead time; on the other hand...
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Experiments on co-combustion of municipal solid waste (MSW) and coal were conducted in a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB). The MSW sample was pretreated through hydrothermal treatment (HT) for obtaining uniform characteristics. MSW blending ratios as 10%, 20%, 30% and 50% were selected and tested at...
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The conversion of municipal solid wastes (MSW) to energy for co-combustion with coal may be a viable MSW disposal solution from the view point of suppression of the environmental pollution as well as reduction of coal consumption. This paper describes the application of innovative hydrothermal...
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In this paper, the authors discuss the ways in which national governments, firms, and individuals respond to policy related to food safety, environmental protection, and trade. These responses must be considered in the development of policy to ensure the best possible outcomes. It accounts for...
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In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...
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