Municipal waste management is a relevant topic these days, in its relation to sustainable and environmental concerns. Sorting waste fractions at home for a door-to-door collection system proves to positively affect the environmental impacts of waste management strategies both by reducing the amounts of the waste landfilled and by originating new circular economies. However, the environmental impact caused by both waste collection and transport, together with waste quality, should be carefully evaluated to assess the sustainability of such a collection system. In order to evaluate the logistic and environmental effectiveness of a newly implemented door-to-door collection system in Altamura, a mid-sized town in Southern Italy, a survey was designed and submitted to a sample of citizens. The results obtained from the 385 completed surveys show that the door-to-door collection of glass waste is inefficient since most of the designated bins remain partially filled and less frequently delivered; citizens are more motivated to adequately collect sorted waste fractions upon receiving information about the subsequent environmental benefits and outcomes of the fractions collected; a high percentage of people still use disposable items in their daily life. Possible changes to the weekly bins collection schedule have been proposed in order to have a more proficient and environmentally sustainable waste collection service in the town. The survey is part of a project aiming at developing a smart device to support users in home waste management.

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上门垃圾收集系统案例研究：对其可持续性和有效性的调查

城市废物管理是当今的一个相关话题，与可持续和环境问题有关。通过减少垃圾填埋量和产生新的循环经济，在家中为上门收集系统分类废物部分证明可以对废物管理策略的环境影响产生积极影响。但是，应仔细评估废物收集和运输对环境的影响以及废物质量，以评估此类收集系统的可持续性。为了评估意大利南部中型城镇阿尔塔穆拉（Altamura）新实施的门到门收集系统的物流和环境有效性，我们设计了一项调查并将其提交给市民样本。从已完成的 385 项调查中获得的结果表明，由于大多数指定的垃圾箱仍处于部分填充状态且交付频率较低，因此上门收集玻璃废物的效率低下；公民在收到有关收集的碎片的后续环境效益和结果的信息后，更有动力充分收集已分类的废物碎片；很大一部分人在日常生活中仍然使用一次性用品。已提议对每周垃圾箱收集时间表进行可能的更改，以便在该镇提供更专业和环境可持续的废物收集服务。该调查是旨在开发智能设备以支持用户进行家庭垃圾管理的项目的一部分。