Inventory: catalyst for collection development

Inventory routing for dynamic waste collection.

We consider the problem of collecting waste from sensor equipped underground containers. These sensors enable the use of a dynamic collection policy. The problem, which is known as a reverse inventory routing problem, involves decisions regarding routing and container selection. In more dense networks, the latter becomes more important. To cope with uncertainty in deposit volumes and with fluct...

A stochastic inventory routing problem for infectious medical waste collection

In the south-east region of France, the disposal of medical waste accumulated by patients in self treatment, is commonly organized as follows. At pharmacies, patients receive empty boxes which are dedicated to the safe storage of their medical waste. Full boxes are brought back by the patients to any of the pharmacies, where they are stored. When a certain limit on the number of boxes at a phar...

Combinatorial catalyst development methods

Supported employment: A catalyst for service development

KARE is a not-for-profit parents’ organisation in County Kildare, Ireland, which provides services to individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. We currently provide services for approximately 400 individuals divided equally between children and adults. The organisation has been in existence for 30 years and from the outset, the ethos has always been to support families and ...

Self Care: a Catalyst for Community Development

This paper presents salient findings from an evaluation of a programme designed to address the issue of leprosy related stigma in Southern Nepal. The programme under the acronym STEP (Stigma Elimination Programme) adopted an approach that was dependent on the empowerment of people affected by leprosy. Empowerment was facilitated, primarily through selfcare group association. The premise was tha...