Implementation of a Model to Support Solid Waste Management Service: an Application to Tuscany RegionPacini Editore, Pisa

For a correct approach to the problems related to the management of municipal waste a precise knowledge of the data on the quantities produced and on their composition is required. Many municipal companies are unable to provide such information, so that the assessment of the waste quantity and quality is often based on numeric averages of generic data relating to others territories with completely different characteristics. This research aims to implement a tool that is able to increase the level of knowledge about the waste system and thus to support the competent authorities and institutions responsible for planning, programming and managing of the service. To achieve this aim, the research addresses some application by the Region of Tuscany: • the testing of advanced models derived from artificial intelligence; • the development of sophisticated Geographic Information Systems.