Optimizing agrochemicals packaging reverse logistic network in the Argentinian agricultural sector

CAVALLIN, ANTONELLA; ROSSIT, DIEGO GABRIEL; SORICHETTI, ANTONELA; SAVORETTI, ANDREA; FRUTOS, MARIANO

Montevideo

Conferencia; I International Conference on Agro BigData and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture; 2017

Red Iberoamericana de Agro-Bigdata y "Decision Support Systems" (DSS) para un sector agropecuario sostenible (BIGDSSAGRO)

Being one of the major agricultural producers in the world, agriculture generates enormous revenues for Argentina. However, it also produces large amounts of hazardous waste, such as agrochemical containers, that need to be specially treated in order to avoid potential environmental pollution. This paper deals with the optimization of a reverse logistic network for agrochemical containers in one of the main agricultural region of Argentina. the problem is modelled as a Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem and is solved with both exact and heuristic methods.