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Heravi, Helen Morabi and Narayanan, Kannan and Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom and Sabour, Mohammad Reza
(2013)
Evaluating sustainable waste management(household Waste) in Tehran, Iran.
Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7 (7).
pp. 207-215.
ISSN 1991-8178
Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the most fitting scenarios of waste source separation in
the integrated waste management scheme in Tehran, Iran by examining the key factors by applying
multi-criteria decision-making method (MCDM).This paper emulates four different scenarios
involving various separation methods including buyback centres, door-to-door services and kerbside.
These scenarios were assembled from environmental source consumption, economic and social
perspectives and then ranked on the basis of MCDM method. The information gathering was based on
foreground data and not on background data. This study has taken in to account only the source with
no engrossment of environmental emissions, economic and social aspects of the source separation
programs. The results of this study showed that a fourth scenario with buyback centre + door-to-door
service with 8-litter bin+ kerbside with blue container is the best scenario for managing waste source
separation in Tehran because of the highest level of public acceptability, with lowest risk and low cost
in door-to-door service and with reduced collection frequency. The selection of this method proved
that the costs can be reduced without having a huge impact upon recovery.
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