PMID- 19710114
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101112
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1096-3669 (Electronic)
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Applying multi-criteria decision-making to improve the waste reduction policy in 
      Taiwan.
PG  - 20-8
LID - 10.1177/0734242X09103839 [doi]
AB  - Over the past two decades, the waste reduction problem has been a major issue in 
      environmental protection. Both recycling and waste reduction policies have become 
      increasingly important. As the complexity of decision-making has increased, it 
      has become evident that more factors must be considered in the development and 
      implementation of policies aimed at resource recycling and waste reduction. There 
      are many studies focused on waste management excluding waste reduction. This 
      study paid more attention to waste reduction. Social, economic, and management 
      aspects of waste treatment policies were considered in this study. Further, a 
      life-cycle assessment model was applied as an evaluation system for the 
      environmental aspect. Results of both quantitative and qualitative analyses on 
      the social, economic, and management aspects were integrated via the Technique 
      for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method into the 
      comprehensive decision-making support system of multi-criteria decision-making 
      (MCDM). A case study evaluating the waste reduction policy in Taoyuan County is 
      presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this model. In the case study, 
      reinforcement of MSW sorting was shown to be the best practice. The model in this 
      study can be applied to other cities faced with the waste reduction problems.
FAU - Su, Jun-Pin
AU  - Su JP
AD  - Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 
      Taipei, Taiwan. jinpin.su@gmail.com
FAU - Hung, Ming-Lung
AU  - Hung ML
FAU - Chao, Chia-Wei
AU  - Chao CW
FAU - Ma, Hwong-wen
AU  - Ma HW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090826
PL  - England
TA  - Waste Manag Res
JT  - Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and 
      Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
JID - 9881064
SB  - IM
MH  - Cities
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources/economics/*methods
MH  - *Decision Making
MH  - Models, Biological
MH  - *Policy Making
MH  - Refuse Disposal/economics/*methods
MH  - Taiwan
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Waste Management/economics/*methods
EDAT- 2009/08/28 09:00
MHDA- 2010/11/13 06:00
CRDT- 2009/08/28 09:00
PHST- 2009/08/28 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/08/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/11/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0734242X09103839 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0734242X09103839 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag Res. 2010 Jan;28(1):20-8. doi: 10.1177/0734242X09103839. Epub 2009 
      Aug 26.