ANALYZING PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTING THE SOLID WASTE BY USING THE METHOD OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING 2009-2014 (CASE STUDY OF SHATT AL-ARAB DISTRICT)

A problem of solid waste became in the present day common global problem among all countries, whether developing or developed countries and can say that no country in the world today is immuning from this dilemma which must find appropriate solutions. The problem has reached a stage that cannot ignore or delay, but has became a daily problem occupies the minds of ecologists, economists and politicians took occupies center front in the lists of priorities for the countries in terms of finding solutions to the rapid scientific and radical them. and that transport costs constitute an important component of total costs borne by the municipal districts in the process of disposal of solid waste, so any improvement in the transport system will lead to savings in transport costs, so it will use the method of Vogel approximate model of transport for access to a lower cost of transport solid waste generated from areas to landfill sites.