Using of GIS in Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Collection and Routing, Case Study: Andisheh New Town, Iran

Nowadays, new technology of spatial data management as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has developed in allover the world. One of its applications is about municipal solid waste management. As regards, municipal solid waste production and the methods of waste management are occurred in a geographic area collection and management of related data and other spatial information are so important. Lack of appropriate organization of municipal solid waste collection and transportation system of Andisheh cause wasting energy, increasing environmental pollution, and increasing costs. In this research disadvantages of present conditions were identified. And according to urban structure and amount of waste produced, the optimum route has presented as a collection and transportation management.