Municipal Solid Waste Treatment/Disposal Alternatives Ranking Evaluation Using Multiple Criteria Decision Making Technique

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IJEP 43(4): 330-338 : Vol. 43 Issue. 4 (April 2023)

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Atul Sharma and N. R. Rawal*

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh-211 004, India

Abstract

The selection of municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal/ treatment alternatives is a perplexing task since the number of options available and each one has its pros and cons. In the present work, the ranking of MSW treatment/disposal options was done using the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) technique-analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The options considered were open dumping (OD), sanitary landfill (SLF), composting (COM), refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and incineration (INC) most commonly used solid waste treatment/ disposal methods in developing nations. Evaluation of each option was made under three main criterias : economic aspect, technological aspect and social and environmental aspects and under each criteria aspect, various sub-criterias were considered. The weightage of each criterion parameter was decided based on a questionnaire survey among experts. The results show that composting has the highest priority (0.26) and incineration receives the last priority. Sensitivity analysis was performed to check the stability of alternative ranking by varying the weightage between zero to one for all three main criterias. It was found that results were consistent in a wide range. So for decision-making authorities, it will help choose suitable options for the success of the whole waste management programme.

Keywords

Municipal solid waste option selection, Analytical hierarchy process, Sanitary landfill, Composting, Incineration, sensitivity analysis

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