Ranking municipal solid waste treatment alternatives based on ecological footprint and multi-criteria analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-84

  Herva, Marta ^a   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHP; Ecological footprint; Environmental indicators; MSW; Multi criteria analysis; PROMETHEE GAIA

Indexed keywords

AHP; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; MSW; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PROMETHEE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GASIFICATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POWER GENERATION; RANKING; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER USE;

EID: 84867042562     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Ch. Achillas, Ch. Vlachokostas, N. Moussiopoulos, and G. Banias Decision support system for the optimal location of electrical and electronic waste treatment plants: a case study in Greece Waste Manage. 30 2010 870 879
2. P. Aragonés-Beltrán, J.P. Pastor-Ferrando, F. García-García, and A. Pascual-Agullo An analytic network process approach for siting a municipal solid waste plant in the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain) J. Environ. Manage. 91 2010 1071 1086
3. U. Arena, M.L. Mastellone, and F. Perugini The environmental performance of alternative solid waste management options: a LCA study Chem. Eng. J. 96 2003 207 222 (Pubitemid 37450281)
4. Z. Babic, and N. Plazibat Ranking of enterprises based on multi-criteria analysis Int. J. Prod. Econ. 56-57 1998 29 35 (Pubitemid 128400929)
5. M. Banar, Z. Cokaygil, and A. Ozkan Life cycle assessment of solid waste management options for Eskisehir, Turkey Waste Manage. 29 2009 54 62
6. G. Banias, Ch. Achillas, Ch. Vlachokostas, N. Moussiopoulos, and S. Tarsenis Assessing multiple criteria for the optimal location of a construction and demolition waste management facility Build. Environ. 45 2010 2317 2326
7. M. Behzadian, R.B. Kazemzadeh, A. Albadvi, and M. Adhdasi PROMETHEE: a comprehensive literature review on methodologies and applications Eur. J. Oper. Res. 200 2010 198 215
8. M.D. Bovea, and J.C. Powell Alternative scenarios to meet the demands of sustainable waste management J. Environ. Manage. 79 2006 115 132
9. J.-P. Brans, and B. Mareschal PROMETHEE methods J. Figueira, S. Greco, M. Ehrgott, Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: State of the Art Surveys. 2005 Springer New York
10. F. Cherubini, S. Bargigli, and S. Ulgiati Life cycle assessment (LCA) of waste management strategies: landfilling, sorting plant and incineration Energy 34 2009 2116 2123
11. J. Cleary LCA of municipal solid waste management systems: a comparative analysis of selected peer-reviewed literature Environ. Int. 35 2009 1256 1266
12. R. Clift, A. Doig, and G. Finnveden The application of life cycle assessment to integrated solid waste management. Part 1. Methodology Process Saf. Environ. Protect. 78 2000 279 287
13. P. Coto-Millán, J.L. Doménech Quesada, and I. Mateo Mantecón Research letter. Corporate ecological footprint: new conversion factors Res. Lett. Ecol. 2008 2008 1 4
14. Ecoinvent Centre Ecoinvent Data v2.0 2007 Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories Dübendorf, Switzerland
15. EEA Europe's Environment. The Fourth Assessment 2007 Environmental Protection Agency Copenhagen, Denmark 978-92-9167-932-4
16. M. Ekmekçioǧlu, T. Kaya, and C. Kahraman Fuzzy multicriteria disposal method and site selection for municipal solid waste Waste Manage. 30 2010 1729 1736
17. T. Ekwall, G. Assefa, A. Björklund, O. Eriksson, and G. Finnveden What life-cycle assessment does and does not do in assessments of waste management Waste Manage. 27 2007 989 996 (Pubitemid 46829816)
18. O. Eriksson, M. Carlsson Reich, B. Frostell, A. Björklund, G. Assefa, J.-O. Sundqvist, J. Granath, A. Baky, and L. Thyselius Municipal solid waste management from a systems perspective J. Clean. Prod. 13 2005 241 252
19. European Commission Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste Off. J. Eur. Communities 332 2000 91 111
20. European Commission Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives Off. J. Eur. Union L312 2008 3 30
21. B. Ewing, S. Goldfinger, A. Oursler, A. Redd, D. Moore, and M. Wackernagel The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010 2010 Global Footprint Network Oakland
22. G. Finnveden, J. Johansson, P. Lind, and Å. Moberg Life cycle assessment of energy from solid waste. Part 1. General methodology and results J. Clean. Prod. 13 2005 213 229
23. J. Gallego, and Hera Holding How to convert wastes into syngas using plasma Seminary Obtaining Energy from Wastes Natural Gas Foundation, Murcia, November 24th 2008 (in Spanish)
24. L.A. Greening, and S. Bernow Design of coordinated energy and environmental policies: use of multi-criteria decision-making Energy Policy 32 2004 721 735 (Pubitemid 37307331)
25. M. Herva, and E. Roca Review of combined approaches and multi-criteria analysis for corporate environmental evaluation J. Clean. Prod. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.058
26. M. Herva, C. García-Diéguez, A. Franco-Uría, and E. Roca New insights on ecological footprinting as environmental indicator for production processes Ecol. Indic. 16 2012 84 90
27. M. Herva, A. Franco, E.F. Carrasco, and E. Roca Review of corporate environmental indicators J. Clean. Prod. 19 2011 1687 1699
28. M. Herva, R. Hernando, E.F. Carrasco, and E. Roca Development of a methodology to assess the footprint of wastes J. Hazard. Mater. 180 2010 264 273
29. J. Holmberg, U. Lundpvist, K.-H. Robèrt, and M. Wackernagel The ecological footprint from a systems perspective of sustainability Int. J. Sustain. Dev. World Ecol. 6 1999 17 33 (Pubitemid 29341040)
30. R.J. Hong, G.F. Wang, R.Z. Guo, X. Cheng, Q. Liu, P.J. Zhang, and G.R. Qian Life cycle assessment of BMT-based integrated municipal solid waste management: case study in Pudong, China Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 49 2006 129 146 (Pubitemid 44512115)
31. M. Huijbregts, S. Hellweg, R. Frischknecht, K. Hungerbühler, and A. Hendriks Ecological footprint accounting in the life cycle assessment of products Ecol. Econ. 64 2008 798 807
32. A. Ishizaka, and M. Lusti How to derive priorities in AHP: a comparative study Cent. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 14 2006 387 400
33. A. Karagiannidis, and G. Perkoulidis A multi-criteria ranking of different technologies for the anaerobic digestion for energy recovery of the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes Bioresour. Technol. 100 2009 2355 2360
34. O. Khelifi, F. Dalla Giovanna, S. Vranes, A. Lodolo, and S. Miertus Decision support tool for used oil regeneration technologies assessment and selection J. Hazard. Mater. B 137 2006 437 442 (Pubitemid 44279213)
35. H.H. Khoo Life cycle impact assessment of various waste conversion technologies Waste Manage. 29 2009 1892 1900
36. J. Kitzes, A. Peller, S. Goldfinger, and M. Wackernagel Current methods for calculation National ecological footprint accounts Sci. Environ. Sustain. Soc. 4 2007 1 9
37. C. Krotscheck, and M. Narodoslawsky The sustainable process index. A new dimension in ecological evaluation Ecol. Eng. 6 1996 241 258
38. R. Lahdelma, P. Salminen, and J. Hokkanen Using multicriteria methods in environmental planning and management Environ. Manage. 26 2000 595 605
39. C. Macharis, J. Springael, K. De Brucker, and A. Verbeke PROMETHEE and AHP: the design of operational synergies in multicriteria analysis. Strengthening PROMETHEE with ideas of AHP Eur. J. Oper. Res. 153 2004 307 317
40. A. Moberg, G. Finnveden, J. Johansson, and P. Lind Life cycle assessment of energy from solid waste. Part 2. Landfilling compared to other treatment methods J. Clean. Prod. 13 2005 231 240
41. C. Monfreda, M. Wackernagel, and D. Deumling Establishing national natural capital accounts based on detailed ecological footprint and biological capacity assessments Land Use Policy 21 2004 231 246 (Pubitemid 38728815)
42. A.J. Morrissey, and J. Browne Waste management models and their application to sustainable waste management Waste Manage. 24 2004 297 308 (Pubitemid 38315144)
43. MPM Tech. Skygas: Waste to Energy Technology 2005 MPM Technologies, Inc. (presentation). Available from www.mpmtech.com/gasification.html (accessed March 2009)
44. M.F. Norese ELECTRE III as a support for participatory decision-making on the localisation of waste-treatment plants Land Use Policy 23 2006 76 85 (Pubitemid 43071720)
45. D. Özeler, Ü. Yetis, and G.N. Demirer Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management methods: Ankara case study Environ. Int. 32 2006 405 411 (Pubitemid 43324986)
46. A. Pires, G. Martinho, and N.-B. Chang Solid waste management in European countries: a review of systems analysis techniques J. Environ. Manage. 92 2011 1033 1050
47. Plasco (Energy Group), 2008. www.zerowasteottawa.com (accessed February 2010).
48. S.D. Pohekar, and M. Ramachandran Application of multi-criteria decision making to sustainable energy planning - a review Renew. Sust. Energy. Rev. 8 2004 365 381
49. D. Queiruga, G. Walther, J. González-Benito, and T. Spengler Evaluation of sites for the location of WEEE recycling plants in Spain Waste Manage. 28 2008 181 190 (Pubitemid 350016861)
50. L. Rigamonti, M. Grosso, and M. Giugliano Life cycle assessment for optimising the level of separated collection in integrated MSW management systems Waste Manage. 29 2009 934 944
51. N. Roussat, C. Dujet, and J. Méhu Choosing a sustainable demolition waste management strategy using multicriteria decision analysis Waste Manage. 29 2009 12 20
52. K. Rousis, K. Moustakas, S. Malamis, A. Papadopoulos, and M. Loizidou Multi-criteria analysis for the determination of the best WEEE management scenario in Cyprus Waste Manage. 28 2008 1941 1954
53. T.L. Saaty The Analytic Hierarchy Process 1980 McGraw-Hill New York
54. D. Sandholzer, and M. Narodoslawsky SPIonExcel - fast and easy calculation of the sustainable process index via computer Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 50 2007 130 142 (Pubitemid 46528135)
55. G. Stoeglehner, and M. Narosdoslawsky How sustainable are biofuels? Answers and further questions arising from an ecological footprint perspective Bioresour. Technol. 100 2009 3825 3830
56. B. Thomas, and F. McDougall International expert group on life cycle assessment for integrated waste management J. Clean. Prod. 13 2005 321 326
57. US EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) fifth ed. Solid Waste Disposal, AP-42 vol. I 1998 (Chapter 2)
58. O.S. Vaidya, and S. Kumar Analytic hierarchy process: an overview of applications Eur. J. Oper. Res. 169 2006 1 29 (Pubitemid 41336610)
59. G. Vego, S. Kucar-Dragicevic, and N. Koprivanac Application of multi-criteria decision-making on strategic municipal solid waste management in Dalmatia, Croatia Waste Manage. 28 2008 2192 2201
60. Visual Decision Inc. Decision Lab 2000 - Executive Edition. Getting Started Guide 2009 Visual Decision Inc. Canada
61. M. Wackernagel, and W. Rees Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth 1996 New Society Gabriola Island, BC
62. WWF Int.; Global Footprint Network, and Zoological Society of London Living Planet Report 2010. Biodiversity Biocapacity and Development 2010 Available from: www.wwf.panda.org (accessed March 2011)
63. W. Zhao, E. van der Voet, Y. Zhanga, and G. Huppes Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management with regard to greenhouse gas emissions: case study of Tianjin, China Sci. Total Environ. 407 2009 1517 1526