MARTIN: a midwest regional database for recycling materials from post-consumer solid waste
| Autor: | S. Keith Adams, Thomas Blewett, John C. Even |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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International market
Flexibility (engineering) Economics and Econometrics Engineering Municipal solid waste Database business.industry computer.software_genre Natural resource Telephone line Resource (project management) Agency (sociology) Resource management business Waste Management and Disposal computer |
| Zdroj: | Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 17:153-167 |
| ISSN: | 0921-3449 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0921-3449(96)01150-0 |
| Popis: | This article describes the design, development and implementation of MARTIN (Mid-America Recycling and Transportation Information Network), a project conducted under sponsorship from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from 1990 to 1994. MARTIN was designed, developed and implemented in response to the needs of solid waste officials and generators to access information on the most cost effective options for marketing recyclable commodities. The system provides basic information on markets, material specifications and transportation. The database with its modem and aural DECtalk ™ telephone line access, originally planned for Iowa and bordering states, and expanded to a fifteen state area with access to regional and international markets, received calls from all parts of the United States. Unique features of this system include its flexibility, low cost, DECtalk ™ capability and transportation resource access and selection. This system operated 4 years from April 1991 through April 1995. The technology derived from developing MARTIN can be adapted to a broad range of material logistics and resource management applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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