Rubbish trucks drive the optimal route, thanks to a mathematical model developed by the university.

Every resident of Twente knows them: the trucks of waste collector Twente Milieu driving through the streets to empty the green, orange or grey mini-container. To ensure that the rubbish trucks empty the five million mini-containers annually as efficiently as possible, perfect route planning is needed. To this end, Twente Milieu engaged a research team from the University of Twente. A fruitful collaboration, which yielded even better collection routes through practical research, data and algorithms.

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