PMID- 34850345
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220411
LR  - 20230526
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 18
DP  - 2022 Apr
TI  - A facilitating framework for a developing country to adopt smart waste management 
      in the context of circular economy.
PG  - 26336-26351
LID - 10.1007/s11356-021-17573-5 [doi]
AB  - To achieve higher standards of sustainability, the waste management sector now 
      requires the incorporation of circular economy (CE) principles. However, an easy 
      transition toward the particular goal would require the use of smart waste 
      technologies. To achieve the aforementioned goal, this study aims to provide a 
      facilitating framework for the adoption of smart waste management in the context 
      of CE for Pakistan. To help Pakistan transition toward the new paradigm, a total 
      of 16 critical facilitators are evaluated based on five distinctive criteria 
      using a novel fuzzy hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach. The 
      hybrid MCDM approach includes fuzzy Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis 
      (SWARA) for allocating weights to the determined criteria; whereas, the fuzzy 
      VIsekriterijumsko kompromisno rangiranje (VIKOR) approach is used to rank the 
      critical facilitators adopted from the secondary literature. The fuzzy approach 
      in both cases is to deal with any kind of uncertainty during the data collection 
      process. Based on the achieved results, the study suggests that before the 
      application of smart waste technologies in the country, Pakistan should first 
      focus on devising regulations that effectively address the mismanagement of waste 
      produced in the country. Also, the industries in the country need to become more 
      responsible and should adopt environmental management systems that foster waste 
      minimization. Lastly, the country in the third phase should focus on the wide 
      application of digitalization both in the streams of ICT and IoT, for collecting, 
      sharing, and receiving waste data. The study further provides policy 
      recommendations to the respective stakeholders that will help the country achieve 
      zero-waste CE.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Khan, Feroz
AU  - Khan F
AD  - School of Management Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering 
      Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi, KPK, Pakistan.
FAU - Ali, Yousaf
AU  - Ali Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7612-497X
AD  - School of Management Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering 
      Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi, KPK, Pakistan. yousafkhan@giki.edu.pk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211201
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
SB  - IM
MH  - *Developing Countries
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - Uncertainty
MH  - *Waste Management
PMC - PMC8632210
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Circular economy
OT  - Developing country
OT  - Digitalization
OT  - Fuzzy
OT  - MCDM
OT  - Waste management
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/12/02 06:00
MHDA- 2022/04/12 06:00
PMCR- 2021/11/30
CRDT- 2021/12/01 07:35
PHST- 2021/09/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/11/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/12/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/04/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/01 07:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/11/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-021-17573-5 [pii]
AID - 17573 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-021-17573-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr;29(18):26336-26351. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-021-17573-5. Epub 2021 Dec 1.