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

Abstract

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.

Waste to energy: a decision-making process for technology selection through characterization of waste, considering energy and emission in the city of Ahmedabad, India

“…It is advisable to locate WTE facility closer to the dumping site; thus, reducing transfer and management costs for municipalities, as well as GHG emissions. Public satisfaction for the WTE plant is important as there are serious problem such as “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY), where social factor is important [ 67 ]. However, based on the production factors, land factors, policy factors, natural and environment factors, it is wise to site the plant near by the periphery of city and existing dumping site.…”

Site Suitability Analysis for Waste to Energy Facility in Onitsha North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria

“…Among the waste disposal techniques, incineration has the additional advantages of reducing the volume and quantity of waste and it is less harmful to the environment in the long-term [14].…”

“…In order to solve the problem of waste management, an improved multigroup VIKOR method was proposed by [14] to select the optimal site for WtE. The factors considered for site selection of the WtE plant were production factors, land, policy, environmental and social factors.…”

“…The factors considered for site selection of the WtE plant were production factors, land, policy, environmental and social factors. The nobility of this method by [14] lies in its integration of the public satisfaction whereby the people were involved as an evaluation group rather than creating general indicators to represent the public acceptance as it has been done by previous researchers. Also, [17] developed a fuzzy AHP model by integrating MCDA methods and a GIS for locating the most suitable facility sites in MSW management, and its application to an incineration facility in Izmir metropolitan municipality of Turkey.…”

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