A hybrid Tabu Search approach for the design of a paper recycling network |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;3. Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;4. Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Werribee, VIC, 3030, Australia;5. CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper addresses the design of a paper recycling network including external procurement, in-house recycling of paper, technology selection and selling or disposing of co-products. In contrast to the literature, we consider a combined continuous and discrete facility location problem solved by a hybrid Tabu Search approach to enhance candidate facility locations. We provide rules of thumb regarding the length of the tabu list and suggestions regarding runtime boundaries in cases where pre-evaluations are elaborate. The results based on a real-life application case show the potential savings of in-house paper recycling compared to the solely external procurement of recovered paper. |
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