Ranking municipal solid waste treatment alternatives considering sustainability criteria using the analytical hierarchical process tool

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-159

  Antonopoulos, I S ^a   Perkoulidis, G ^a   Logothetis, D ^a   Karkanias, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchical process; Sustainability; Waste treatment alternative

Indexed keywords

INCINERATION; RECOVERY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; INCINERATION; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ODOR CONTROL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897431546     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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