An Analytical Hierarchy Process decision model for e-waste collection center location selection

Abstract

Electronic waste refers to thousands of discarded electronic devices such as computers, televisions, cell phones, and printers. Electronic waste streams are growing rapidly related to the growing sales and shortening the life spans of electronic products.The elements of reverse logistics for electronic products are collection, grading and sorting, re-processing and re-distribution. The success of the reverse logistics is strongly related with the collection activity and the collection activity is strongly related with the location of collection centers. The main issues related to collection of e-waste are what is the collection method and where are the collection centers. When evaluating collection centers, many factors such as environmental and cost effectiveness must be evaluated.In this paper, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) decision model has been used to select an e-waste collection center location. The paper aims to provide a framework for analyzing various e-waste collection center locations. The illustration of the AHP model for selection of a e-waste collection center location has been shown with a case study. The alternatives for e-waste collection centers were evaluated and compared under factors. The solution process was illustrated according to the proposed AHP decision model for evaluating e-waste collection center locations.

Facility Location Selection in Reverse Logistics Using a Type-2 Fuzzy Decision Aid Method

“…Economic objectives (land costs, personnel costs, energy prices), infrastructural objectives (facility access, agglomeration effects, proximity to inhabited areas, absence of other E-WASTE recycling plants, availability of labor), and legal objectives (availability of a local waste processing programs, environmental grants) Thai and Grewal (2005) Proximity to customers' bases, availability and quality of labour workforce, availability of utilities, local tax environment, in land transport infrastructures, expansion capability, customs administration and regulations, local standards of living Turgut et al (2011) Cost, transportation, infrastructure, geographic location, suitability of climate Yang and Lee (1997) Access to markets/distribution centers and suppliers/resources, community/government access, competitive considerations, environmental factors, labour, taxes and financing, utilities services, transportation Yüksel (2009) Cost, common effect, access, facilities, legal arrangements, environment, and area …”

“…1 is proposed for the e-waste reverse logistics location selection problem. The studies of Barker andZabinsky (2011), Gan (2010), Queiruga et al (2008) and Yüksel (2009) are used as a base for the suggested value hierarchy. The selection is made among five location alternatives (as seen at Fig.…”

“…They considered economic objectives (land costs, personnel costs, energy prices), infrastructural objectives (facility access, agglomeration effects, proximity to inhabited areas, absence of other e-waste recycling plants, availability of labor), and legal objectives (availability of a local waste processing programs, environmental grants). Yüksel (2009) used AHP decision model to evaluate predetermined locations under selected criteria such as cost, common effect, access, facilities, legal arrangements, environment, and area. Gan (2010) used an integrated AHP and data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and considered social benefit, economic benefit, and technical performance criteria to evaluate the recycle center performances.…”

Reverse Logistics Route Selection Using AHP: A Case Study of Electronics Scrap from Pakistan

“…Reverse logistics is upstream movement of goods from end users to OEM [17]. Srivastava [18] defined reverse logistics as a process to plan, implement, and control the flow of returned products in order to recover value [19]. In short, reverse logistics is a process of returning products from the end user to supplier.…”

“…Currently, majority of electronic products are being recovered by conventional means and repair/cannibalization industry is the largest source of electronic scrap collection from end users. As per environmental protection agency (EPA), "Professionals approximate a recovery of 24 kg (50 lb) of gold, 250 kg (550 lb) of silver, 9 kg (20 lb) of palladium, and more than 9,000 kg (20,000 lb) of copper from reprocessing 1 million cell phones" [19,20].…”