A comparative assessment of solid waste management performance in the Nordic countries based on BWM-EDAS. (1st September 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- A comparative assessment of solid waste management performance in the Nordic countries based on BWM-EDAS. (1st September 2020)
- Main Title:
- A comparative assessment of solid waste management performance in the Nordic countries based on BWM-EDAS
- Authors:
- Behzad, Masoud
Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz
Pamucar, Dragan
Behzad, Moein - Abstract:
- Abstract: This paper evaluates performance of the current waste management system in the Nordic countries. The assessment is based on real data, whereas the composite indicators include waste generation, composting waste, recycling waste, landfilling waste, recycling rate, waste to the energy rate, and greenhouse gas emissions from waste. The comparison is done by recent multiple-attribute decision-making method, i.e. the best-worst method combined with the evaluation based on the distance from the average solution. Experts selected waste generation (0.26), greenhouse gas emissions from waste (0.21), rate and amount of recycling waste (0.142) as the most important indicators in the assessment. The comparative evaluation indicates that Sweden has the best waste management profile (0.9748), whereas the weakest performance was obtained for Iceland (0.2425). Sweden waste management profile presents strength in lower rate of waste generation per capita, greenhouse gas emission and landfilling section as compared to neighboring countries. The sensitivity analysis proves the robustness of our results in that Sweden's waste management performance is dominant in the Nordic region.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of cleaner production. Volume 266(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of cleaner production
- Issue:
- Volume 266(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 266, Issue 2020 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 266
- Issue:
- 2020
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0266-2020-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-01
- Subjects:
- Solid waste management -- Waste treatment -- Best-worst method (BWM) -- Evaluation based on the distance from average solution (EDAS) -- Multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM) -- Nordic countries
Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals
Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals
Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques
Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques
628.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122008 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0959-6526
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