... raw materials, as well. In particular, Integrated Waste Management – Volume I 432 categories of GIS-based waste management applications can be identified in the international literature. ... and legislation (e.g. the Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste, the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and the revised Waste Framework Directive, ... ArcGIS 9.2 Network Analyst (NA) GIS software. To analyse the spatial data for the optimisation of the waste collection scheme in MoN, a spatial database (SDB), within a GIS framework, was constructed,...