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The Evaluation of Waste Management Options

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.

Until recently the disposal option for municipal waste was selected purely on the grounds of financial effectiveness, but now with an increased concern for the environment other criteria such as resource use and environmental impact must also be taken into consideration. The incorporation of a range of different criteria into the decision making process is, however, a formidable task. One potential solution is to use multicriteria evaluation which provides for a systematic appraisal of a number of alternative projects on the basis of a series of criteria. In this study the multicriteria evaluation of six waste disposal options (landfill, incineration and refuse-derived fuel (RDF), each with and without recycling) resulted in RDF with recycling coming out as the best option under a variety of weighting scenarios. Only when a high weighting was put on cost criterion did landfill become the better option. © 1996 ISWA

Key Words: Waste management • municipal solid waste • incineration • RDF • landfill • recycling • multicriteria evaluation • U.K.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 14, No. 6, 515-526 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9601400601


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