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PROMETHEE Multicriteria Analysis for Evaluation of Recycling Strategies in Malaysia

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  • Santha Chenayah

    (Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya)

  • Eiji Takeda

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

Abstract

At present, the per capita generation of solid waste in Malaysia varies from 0.45 to 2kg/day depending on the economic status of an area. In general, the per capita generation rate is about 1kg/day. Even though 17,000 tonnes/day of solid waste is being generated, only 5% is being recycled. If this particular scenario continues without appropriate mitigation, Malaysia will be facing a serious problem in municipal solid waste management. Hence, government has targeted 22% of waste to be recycled by 2020. Various strategies have been formulated in achieving this figure. In Malaysia, research is being done vastly on recycling but very few related to multicriteria. As a first step, we propose here an evaluation of various recycling strategies and ranking them based on multicriteria to provide an insight on increasing the recycling activities among residents. Since values of alternatives are imprecise, ambiguous and/or uncertain, the multicriteria outranking analysis is particularly useful in order to facilitate further detailed consideration. The problem of the selection or the ranking of alternatives submitted to a multicriteria evaluation is not an easy problem economically or mathematically. We propose a modified PROMETHEE analysis for treating multicriteria problems.

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  • Santha Chenayah & Eiji Takeda, 2005. "PROMETHEE Multicriteria Analysis for Evaluation of Recycling Strategies in Malaysia," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 05-01, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:0501
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    1. Donald Ukpanyang & Julio Terrados-Cepeda & Manuel Jesus Hermoso-Orzaez, 2022. "Multi-Criteria Selection of Waste-to-Energy Technologies for Slum/Informal Settlements Using the PROMETHEE Technique: A Case Study of the Greater Karu Urban Area in Nigeria," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-26, May.

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    Keywords

    solid waste management; recycling; multicriteria decision-aid (MCDA); PROMETHEE; outrank-ing relations.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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