A combined fuzzy decision-making approach to evaluate the MBT plant location alternatives

Recently, with the development in technology and increase in population, the waste generated becomes an important issue for countries. Some regulations of recently updated through Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation in Turkey; it is essential to use environmentally compatible physical, chemical...

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Published in:Arabian journal of geosciences 2024, Vol.17 (4), Article 119
Main Authors: Dursun, Mehtap, Mumcu, Ebru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternatives
Biological treatment
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Fuzzy set theory
Fuzzy sets
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Information systems
Literature reviews
Multiple criterion
Municipal wastes
Original Paper
Pretreatment
Remote sensing
Site selection
Spatial data
Urbanization
Waste management
Waste recycling
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Summary:Recently, with the development in technology and increase in population, the waste generated becomes an important issue for countries. Some regulations of recently updated through Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation in Turkey; it is essential to use environmentally compatible physical, chemical, or biological technologies to ensure the recovery of municipal waste in accordance with the zero-waste management system. Currently, there is one pre-treatment facility at the Anatolian Side of Istanbul and a pre-treatment facility is needed to use waste recycling facilities more efficiently. In this research, a combined fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology is developed for the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) location selection problem. The proposed method comprises of geographic information system (GIS), fuzzy best worst method (BWM), and hierarchical fuzzy MCDM approach. First, alternatives for the site selection problem were determined using expert opinions and web-based GIS. Second, the criteria determined for the literature and expert opinions were weighted using the fuzzy best worst method. Finally, most suitable alternative was determined using hierarchical fuzzy MCDM approach. This study creates a roadmap for the MBT facility needed in the Anatolian Side of Istanbul, and according to the literature survey, there is no other study conducted on this subject. The proposed method handles vagueness and uncertainty employing fuzzy set theory. Fuzzy BWM, which does not need to conduct pairwise comparison among all criteria, is employed to determine the criteria weights. Web-based GIS that presents spatial data on web environment offers ease of use and provides the opportunity to evaluate over ready data.
ISSN:1866-7511
1866-7538
DOI:10.1007/s12517-024-11927-2