The model uses information on population density,waste generation capacity, road network and the types of road, storage binsand collection vehicles, etc.
The total cost of the proposed collection systems isestimated to be around 80 million rupees for the fixed cost of storage bins,collection vehicles and a sanitary landfill and around 8.4 million rupees for theannual operating cost of crews, vehicles and landfill maintenance. A substantialamount (25 million rupees/yr) is currently being spent by AMC on waste collectionalone without any proper storage/collection system and sanitary landfill. Over aprojected period of 15 yr, the overall savings is thus very significant