Spreadsheet Tool User Manual for Planning MSW Management

2 How to use the Spreadsheet Tool
Spreadsheet Tool User Manual for Planning MSW Management
2.1 Getting Started 4
Spreadsheet MSW Tool uses a Microsoft ® Excel spreadsheet with Visual Basic macros to assist in
interactive discussions for developing decision support systems for MSW Management. The
spreadsheet allows understanding of waste inventory using population projections and calculating
waste inventory from generation to disposal. An optimization model i.e. the Schemes worksheet is
also built‐into the spreadsheet to determine the best combination of options that can meet desired
objectives subject to constraints.
System requirements for Spreadsheet MSW Tool
The following hardware and software is required to run Spreadsheet MSW Tool:
• An Intel Pentium 133 or equivalent processor running Windows 95, 98, NT version 4.0 or later,
2000 XP; 16 MB RAM (Windows 95 or 98; 24 MB recommended ) or 24 MB of RAM (Windows
NT; 32 MB recommended) plus 20 MB of available disk space; a colour monitor
• Microsoft ® Excel (versions above 2000)
Installing Spreadsheet MSW Tool
‣ Spreadsheet MSW Tool is a simple spreadsheet program which can be opened using Microsoft
Excel. Copy Spreadsheet MSW Tool from the Toolkit for ISWM Planning CD‐ROM to your
computer and launch it.
4 Note: This spreadsheet is only a prototype to start developing such decision support system tools and should
not be used to make decisions in the form presented. Depending on the user requirements, these should be
adapted for the local decision making objectives, parameters, data and context.
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