Municipal solid waste includes household waste and similar waste created by commerce and institutions, which is in this case study collected by the contractor Ragn-Sells on behalf of the municipality of Växjö. Municipal solid waste collection is the process of collecting such waste. Route planning is used to optimize the routes for the collection of bins. With the help of route planning systems, the municipal solid waste collection is planned and managed. Several issues with municipal solid waste collection in Växjö municipality were identified due to the lack of information regarding the quantity of waste in the bin collected. This issue leads to difficulties in the route planning causing high unnecessary costs and environmental impacts. There are some political and sociodemographic constraints, which would need to be overcome when changing the municipal solid waste collection.

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Sabine G., Martin D., Moritz K., Esteban R., live in Europe. They completed a master degree in Business Process and Supply Chain Management. As from today, the aforementioned authors are still dedicated and involved in Supply Chain projects to continuously improve and optimize the existing Supply Chain processes in their respective companies.