Assessing the feasibility of waste management solutions based on sorting at source and recycling

Maamari, Olivia; Nakhlé, Myriam Mrad; Mouchati, Antoine; Rizk, Rawad; Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud; Abdo, J; Dersarkissian, Christapor

doi:10.1504/ijewm.2017.084293

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“…There are many articles in the literature which have studied source separation in different communities, but most of these papers have only focused on the psychological aspects of source-sorting behavior (Bruvoll et al, 2000; Feil et al, 2017; Maamari et al, 2017). The fact that source sorting requires training and facility investments has not been taken into account in many studies.…”

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Sustainable municipal solid waste disposal supply chain analysis under price-sensitive demand: A game theory approach

Ghalehkhondabi

Maihami

2019

Waste Manag Res

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The impacts of price and sustainability on municipal waste disposal demand have largely been ignored by waste management researchers. This paper considers a waste disposal supply chain that includes a disposal facility and a contractor. Both parties try to improve source sorting for waste collection to reduce the recycling cost at the disposal facility. Improving source sorting requires investment that would increase the price of the waste disposal service, thereby affecting the price-sensitive demand. The relationship between the service price and investments in waste sorting motives is analyzed in this paper via studying the trade-off between the optimal source sorting and the waste disposal service prices. Different scenarios based on the various players’ power structures are developed. Nash and Stackelberg games have been applied in order to find the optimal decision values in each scenario. The impact of cost sharing on optimal supply chain decisions is also studied. The numerical results show that the waste supply chain is more profitable when it is working under an integrated management structure. Moreover, reducing the required investment motivates supply chain players to select higher levels of waste sorting at the source. A numerical example is provided, followed by some managerial insights.

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confidence: 99%