Research Article

Coordinative Urban-Rural Solid Waste Management: A Fractional Dual-Objective Programming Model for the Regional Munifcipality of Xiamen

Table 8

Comparison of optimal ratio model and minimum cost model.

ā€‰Optimal ratio modelMinimum cost model

System cost (106 RMB)8,372.537,923.02
Waste diversion (103 ton)42,436.1840,051.49
Waste diversion rate (%)97.191.6
Waste diversion/cost
(103 ton/106 RMB)
5.0695.055

When the total system cost is 106 RMB, 103 tons of waste in total will be diverted to incinerators and the composting plant.