Abstract: The design of reverse logistics network for solid waste is concerned with economy and society.This paper addresses the design of reverse logistics network for solid wastes that involves locating transfer facility and dispose facility,and determining the best strategy for allocating the wastes sources to transfer plants and transporting the wastes from transfer facilities to dispose facilities.The goal is to select the optimum numbers,locations and capacities of transfer facilities and dispose facilities to open so that all wastes sources are satisfied at minimum total costs of the reverse logistics network and at minimum disutility to people.We develop a multi-bjective integer programming model and provide an efficient heuristic solution procedure for the reverse logistics network design.Computational tests demonstrate the efficiency and feasibility of our heuristics.

Key words: reverse logistics network, location, heuristics, multi-objective