Webfill before landfill: an e‐commerce model for waste exchange in Hong Kong

Abstract

Although the Trip‐ticket System (TTS) has been implemented to manage construction and demolition (C&D) waste in Hong Kong for over three years, problems still exist in the landfill disposal of the C&D waste. For example, it is reported that fees are difficult to collect from waste transporters for tipping the C&D waste at the landfill site. Based on an examination of the flexibility of the TTS, this paper proposes an e‐commerce model, namely the Webfill system, in order to enhance the TTS. The computational structure of the Webfill system is described and the usefulness of Webfill is evaluated based on a simulation which provides a direct comparison between the existing TTS and the Webfill‐enhanced TTS.

Citation

Chen, Z., Li, H. and Wong, C.T.C. (2003), "Webfill before landfill: an e‐commerce model for waste exchange in Hong Kong", Construction Innovation, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170310814837