Antunes et al. [29] illustrate a three stage 1/S,P/–/TC MIP-based
approach helping the company responsible for the municipal
SWM system in the Litoral Centro area of Portugal to find the best
way to redeploy the existing SWM system. This study aims at
identifying the best possible location for a new generation of
incinerators with energy recovery, as well as the best locations,
capacities, and coverage areas for possible new transfer stations.
A three-stage solution approach is presented. The first stage consists
in finding the best municipalities to locate the incinerator and the
new transfer stations. The second stage reduces to the problem of
finding the best communities where to locate the incinerator within
the municipalities identified in the first stage. The third stage consists
in solving the classification problem of the industrial sites located
within the communities identified in the second stage according to
the relevant criteria. A MIP model is proposed to solve the problems
related to the first and second stage.