Design of Sustainable End-of-life Vehicle recovery network in Egypt

This paper presents the design of a sustainable recovery network for End-of-life Vehicles (ELVs) in Egypt. A lexicographic mixed integer goal programming approach is proposed for modelling the problem. The deliverables of the proposed mathematical model include: locations for the different facilities and the amount to be allocated to the different End of Life (EOL) options. LINGO (R) is used for solving the proposed model. The obtained results have been analyzed to elicit information about the design of the recovery network and the corresponding product-oriented legislation. (C) 2011 Ain Shams University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.