Evaluation and selection of healthcare waste incinerators using extended sustainability criteria and multi‑criteria analysis methods

dc.citation.epage11225
dc.citation.spage11195
dc.citation.volume24
dc.contributor.authorPuška, Adis
dc.contributor.authorStević, Željko
dc.contributor.authorPamučar, Dragan
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-10T12:22:42Z
dc.date.available2023-05-10T12:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractDisposal of healthcare waste is a key issue of environmental sustainability in the world. The amount of healthcare waste is increasing every day, and it is necessary to adequately dispose of this kind of waste. There are various treatments for healthcare waste disposal, of which incineration of healthcare waste is one of the solutions. This paper suggests a model for selection of the type of incinerators that best solve the problem of healthcare waste in secondary healthcare institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the selection of incinerators,extended sustainability criteria were applied. Basic sustainability criteria: environmental, economic, and social criteria, were extended with the technical criterion. To assess which of the incinerators best meets the needs for healthcare waste collection, multi-criteria decision-making was used. For this purpose, a combination of two MCDA methods was applied in this paper, namely full consistency method (FUCOM) and compromise ranking of alternatives from distance to ideal solution (CRADIS). The FUCOM method was applied to determine the weights of the criteria, while the CRADIS method was applied to rank the alternatives. The best alternative of the six alternatives used is A2 (I8-M50), followed by alternative A1 (I8-M40), while the worst ranked alternative is A5 (I8-M100). These results were confirmed by applying the other six methods of multi-criteria analysis and the performed sensitivity analysis. The contribution of this paper is reflected through a new method of multi-criteria analysis that was used to solve decision-making problems. This method has shown simplicity and flexibility in operation and can be used in all problems when it is necessary to make a multi-criteria selection of alternatives.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10668-021-01902-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://vaseljena.ues.rs.ba/handle/123456789/121
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceEnvironment, Development and Sustainability
dc.subjectMedical waste · Compromise ranking of alternatives from distance to ideal solution (CRADIS) · Incinerators · Full consistency method (FUCOM) · Bosnia and Herzegovina
dc.titleEvaluation and selection of healthcare waste incinerators using extended sustainability criteria and multi‑criteria analysis methods
dc.typeArticle
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