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Capacity planning for electronic waste management facilities under uncertainty: multi-objective multi-time-step model development.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20935026     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Selection of optimum locations for locating new facilities and decision regarding capacities at the proposed facilities is a major concern for municipal authorities/managers. The decision as to whether a single facility is preferred over multiple facilities of smaller capacities would vary with varying priorities to cost and associated risks such as environmental or health risk or risk perceived by the society. Currently management of waste streams such as that of computer waste is being done using rudimentary practices and is flourishing as an unorganized sector, mainly as backyard workshops in many cities of developing nations such as India. Uncertainty in the quantification of computer waste generation is another major concern due to the informal setup of present computer waste management scenario. Hence, there is a need to simultaneously address uncertainty in waste generation quantities while analyzing the tradeoffs between cost and associated risks. The present study aimed to address the above-mentioned issues in a multi-time-step, multi-objective decision-support model, which can address multiple objectives of cost, environmental risk, socially perceived risk and health risk, while selecting the optimum configuration of existing and proposed facilities (location and capacities).
Authors:
Poonam Khanijo Ahluwalia; Arvind K Nema
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1399-3070     ISO Abbreviation:  Waste Manag Res     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9881064     Medline TA:  Waste Manag Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  694-709     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
TATA Consulting Engineers Limited, Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi, India. poonamkahluwalia@yahoo.co.in; poonama@tce.co.in.
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