Evaluation of key driver categories influencing sustainable waste management development with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP): Serbia example

Tot, Bojana; Srđević, Bojan; Vujić, B.; Russo, Mário Augusto Tavares; Vujić, Goran

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“…A third set has evaluated the impacts of WER management on the environmental, financial and social performance of manufacturers [13,14]. A fourth group of studies has focused on the barriers and drivers of successful implementation of environmental initiatives [15][16][17]. Although many important aspects of WER management have been covered in the literature, a closer investigation of the previous studies reveals several gaps.…”

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Impacts of Environmental Factors on Waste, Energy, and Resource Management and Sustainable Performance

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The management of waste, energy, and resources has received special attention from academics and practitioners due to the growing evidence for its effects on the environment. The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental drivers of waste, energy, and resource management and, in turn, its effect on the sustainable performance of manufacturing firms. The data were collected from a survey of 173 large manufacturing firms in Malaysia and analysed using partial least squares. The results indicate that although environmental regulatory pressure, customer pressure, environmental uncertainty, and expected business benefits have positive effects on the extent of waste, energy, and resource management, social responsibility has no effect. Furthermore, waste, energy, and resource management has a positive effect on the sustainable performance of large manufacturing firms. The findings of this study extend the knowledge of the drivers and outcomes of waste, energy, and resource management. The results can help policymakers to adjust policies and strategies in a way to inspire managers to implement waste, energy, and resource management.

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“…The main problems in developing countries are a lack of political volition for an implementation of a strategy developed and the supporting legislation, lack of financial resources, expensive process of solid waste collection owing to high dispersion of settlements, and low quantity of waste per capita; there is also a social aspect, since complete implementation of the strategy will further increase the costs of WM services (Tot et al, 2016; Vujić et al, 2010a, 2010b).…”

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Group assessment of key indicators of sustainable waste management in developing countries

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Decision makers in developing countries are struggling to solve the present problems of solid waste management. Prioritisation and ranking of the most important indicators that influence the waste management system is very useful for any decision maker for the future planning and implementation of a sustainable waste management system. The aim of this study is to evaluate key indicators and their related sub-indicators in a group decision-making environment. In order to gain insight into the subject it was necessary to obtain the qualified opinions of decision makers from different countries who understand the situation in the sector of waste management in developing countries. An assessment is performed by 43 decision makers from both developed and developing countries, and the applied methodology is based on a combined use of the analytic hierarchy process, from the multi-criteria decision-making set of tools, and the preferential voting method known as Borda Count, which belongs to social choice theory. Pairwise comparison of indicators is performed with the analytic hierarchy process, and the ranking of indicators once obtained is assessed with Borda Count. Detailed analysis of the final results showed that the Institutional-Administrative indicator was the most important one, with the maximum weight as derived by both groups of decision makers. The results also showed that the combined use of the analytic hierarchy process and Borda Count contributes to the credibility and objectivity of the decision-making process, allowing its use in more complex waste management group decision-making problems to be recommended.

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“…This is in line with the emerging of complex problems that require a quick and effective decision. AHP is one of the approaches used widely by practitioners and academic researchers (Achillas et al, 2013; Goulart Coelho et al, 2017; Kling et al, 2016; Tot et al, 2016). It can simplify a complex problem into hierarchies, namely the goal, the criteria, and the alternative; thus the problem can be solved systematically (Saaty, 1977, 1980).…”

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Development of a performance evaluation tool for end-of-life vehicle management system implementation using the analytic hierarchy process

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The management of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) conserves natural resources, provides economic benefits, and reduces water, air, and soil pollution. In an effort to adequately manage flow of ELVs, modern infrastructure is considered a prerequisite. Thus, development of an effective performance evaluation tool for monitoring and continuous improvement of ELV management systems is strongly desired. In this paper, a performance evaluation tool is proposed for ELV management system implementation, based on the analytic hierarchy process. A real-life case study in Malaysia was conducted in order to demonstrate the potential and applicability of the presented methodology. The scores of eight key success factors in establishing an ELV management system (i.e., management responsibility, performance management, capacity management, resource management, stakeholders' responsibility, education and awareness, improvement and enforcement, and cost management) are presented. The overall score of the ELV management system implementation in Malaysia is equal to 2.13. Therefore, its performance level is average. The presented multi-criteria decision analysis tool can be of assistance not only to stakeholders in the Malaysian ELV management system, but also to vehicle recycling managers from other countries in order to monitor and continuously improve their ELV management systems.

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Evaluation of key driver categories influencing sustainable waste management development with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP): Serbia example

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

Impacts of Environmental Factors on Waste, Energy, and Resource Management and Sustainable Performance

Impacts of Environmental Factors on Waste, Energy, and Resource Management and Sustainable Performance

Group assessment of key indicators of sustainable waste management in developing countries

Development of a performance evaluation tool for end-of-life vehicle management system implementation using the analytic hierarchy process

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