OPTIMIZATION IN MSW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: SITE SELECTION OF THE WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Supriyo ◽  
F. Hanum ◽  
A. Aman ◽  
T. Bakhtiar
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Management System ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Msw Management ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Site Selection of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Plant considering Public Satisfaction by an Extended VIKOR Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunna Wu ◽  
Lei Qin ◽  
Chuanbo Xu ◽  
Shaoyu Ji
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Vikor Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evaluation Group ◽  
Whole Life Cycle ◽  
Selection Of

Site selection of waste-to-energy (WtE) plant is critically important in the whole life cycle. Some research has been launched in the WtE plant site selection, but there is still a serious problem called Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) effect that needs to be solved. To solve the problem, an improved multigroup VIKOR method is proposed to choose the optimal site and compromised sites. In the proposed method, the public satisfaction is fully considered where the public is invited as an evaluation group far more than creating general indicators to represent the public acceptance. First of all, an elaborate criteria system is built to evaluate site options comprehensively and the weights of criteria are identified by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Then, the interval 2-tuple linguistic information is adopted to assess the ratings for the established criteria. The interval 2-tuple linguistic ordered weighted averaging (ITL-OWA) operator is utilized to aggregate the opinions of evaluation committee while the opinions of the public are aggregated using weighted average operator. Finally, a case from south China which shows the computational procedure and the effectiveness of the proposed method is proved. Last but not least, a sensitivity analysis is conducted by comparing the results with different weights of evaluation group assessments.

scholarly journals Municipal solid waste management and landfill site selection in Greece: irrationality versus efficiency

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Msw Management

Municipal solid waste (MSW) collection and disposal is a major problem of urban environment in the world today. MSW management solutions have to be technologically feasible, legally and socially acceptable and environmentally and financially sustainable. European policy is pushing to a rational management of natural resources; a promising technological perspective today is waste valorization, a process that becomes possible through sorting at the source, combined with material recycling and waste-to-energy methods. On the other hand, technologies like mechanical sorting, or disposal of MSW in landfills do not really improve MSW management efficiency. Landfills should become the ultimate disposal site of a few inert residuals from MSW valorization. Despite all this, conventional landfills for disposal of mixed MSW are still being constructed, with landfill site selection being a major social problem due to the lack of public acceptance; objectivity in landfill site selection is therefore extremely important. In Greece, we find several examples of inefficient MSW management and curious landfill site selection. In this paper, we criticize environmental policy issues for MSW management in Greece and identify weak points in the criteria used for the selection of landfill sites. We conclude that there is a real need for rational MSW management based on high quality scientific input.

Site Selection, Current Design and Management Practices for Land Treatment Units of Petroleum Wastes

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
D. C. P. Casarini ◽  
E. Gloeden ◽  
R. C. de A. Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Land Treatment ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Petroleum Refineries ◽  
Selection Of

Land treatment is defined as the hazardous waste management technology related to application and incorporation of waste into the defined treatment zone of the soil where will occur the degradation, transformation and immobilization of the constituents contained in the applied waste, to ensure protection of surface water and groundwater. This paper describes some criteria for site selection of land treatment facilities used by petroleum refineries, as well as the engineering design, management practices to optimize the process and closure and post-closure techniques.

Hybrid PSO-WDBA method for the site selection of tailings pond

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 106429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suizhi Luo ◽  
Weizhang Liang ◽  
Guoyan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Tailings Pond ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Factors affecting nest-site selection of Sabine's Gulls in the eastern Canadian Arctic

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1240-1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain J Stenhouse ◽  
H Grant Gilchrist ◽  
William A Montevecchi
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nest Site Selection ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Invertebrate Prey ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Individual Fitness ◽  
Sabine’S Gull ◽  
Selection Of

The selection of breeding habitat is of prime importance for individual fitness. Among birds, natural selection should favour the ability to recognize and select habitat suitable for nesting and rearing chicks. This study compares the characteristics of Sabine's Gull, Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819), nest sites with random points across a coastal tundra environment on Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada. The availability of terrestrial invertebrate prey was also examined among habitats. Sabine's Gull nests were nonrandomly distributed in relation to vegetation, substrate, and proximity to water. Gulls nested within approximately 1 km of the coastline and selected sites with the greatest proportions of moss and standing water (i.e., they nested close to the edge of small freshwater ponds near shore). However, there were no detectable differences in characteristics between successful and unsuccessful nests within preferred habitat. The dynamics of terrestrial invertebrate prey communities varied between years, but the volume of invertebrates in Sabine's Gull nesting habitat was intermediate between the most productive habitats and the least productive habitats in both years. However, nest-site selection in Sabine's Gulls may also be influenced by the availability of aquatic invertebrates (not examined in this study) and their proximity to the marine coastline, where chicks are taken to be reared.

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