Mitigating pollution of hazardous materials from WEEE of China: Portfolio selection for a sustainable future based on multi-criteria decision making

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-210

  An, Da ^a,b   Yang, Yu ^b   Chai, Xilong ^c   Xi, Beidou ^b   Dong, Lichun ^d   Ren, Jingzheng ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

E waste recycling industry; Interval Analytic Hierarchy Process; Interval VIKOR method; Multi criteria decision making; Waste electrical and electronic equipment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROBLEM SOLVING; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTES;

E-WASTE RECYCLING; INTERVAL ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; INTERVAL VIKOR METHOD; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MITIGATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERVAL ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; INTERVAL VIKOR METHOD; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 84946905198     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.025     Document Type: Article

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