Conventional location/allocation models for solid waste management usually focus on the economic optimization. However, the siting of important facilities, such as landfills, incinerators and transfer stations, in the solid waste management system still encounters several other limitations which must be considered through the use of optimization techniques. This paper presents sustainable waste management strategies in which the decision makers may put forward their views on material recycling and the assimilative capacity of the environment for two major factors; air pollution control and leachate impact. A mixed integer programming model with the framework of dynamic optimization is applied to achieve such a goal.
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