Assessing enablers of e-waste management in circular economy using DEMATEL method: An Indian perspective

Sharma, Manu; Joshi, S. K.; Kumar, Ashwani

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-07765-w

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“…Criteria for preserving water quality also allow for minimization of wastewater generation [ 47 , 75 , 77 ] and improvement in water purification and recycling [ 6 ]. Likewise, the impact of activities on air quality, soil and climate, as well as noise and odor emissions are considered in the decision process in order to reduce the impact on the environment and on the exposed population, as well as ensuring compliance with environmental regulations [ 54 , 77 ]. Similarly, solutions to collect and manage the hazardous substances and waste materials are underlined [ 47 , 68 ].…”

Section: Evaluation Of Environmental Decision Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Preferring sites in areas far from biodiversity and natural habitats, reducing the possible interaction between WEEE and living organisms, helps to mitigate the possible toxic impact of substances released during e-waste management processes [ 72 ]. The widespread diffusion of criteria that refer directly to mandatory regulatory aspects, but also to voluntary green certification protocols, guarantee continuous improvement in performance and a competitive advantage on the reference markets [ 49 , 52 , 54 , 60 , 64 ]. The management of worker safety and health risk is another aspect that finds application of the MCDM, resulting very important in countries where legislation and controls are less developed [ 64 ].…”

Section: Evaluation Of Environmental Decision Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches Applied to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): A Comprehensive Literature Review

Marinello

Gamberini

2021

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The global demand for electrical and electronic equipment has undergone continuous growth in recent years due to the effect of industrialization and technological development. This indicates substantial quantities of e-waste that need to be managed properly to reduce their environmental impact and to avoid inappropriate forms of disposal. The purpose of this paper is to review the most popular multi-criteria decision-making approaches applied to the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment, analyzing how they are used to contribute to the improvement of management strategies along the entire supply chain. For this purpose, a methodological protocol for the collection, selection, and analysis of the scientific literature was applied, identifying 44 papers on which to conduct this study. The results showed that numerous authors have developed multi-criteria approaches, with particular attention to recycling phase. The analytic hierarchy process is the most widespread multi-criteria approach, often coupled with VIKOR, DELPHI, and TOPSIS methods. The numerous decision making criteria adopted cover different reference dimensions: environmental, economic, social, technical, and legal. Considering environmental aspects also in decision making processes means enhancing the relevance of this dimension, as well as encouraging practices that reduce the impact of toxic substances on the environment and living organisms.

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Section: Evaluation Of Environmental Decision Criteriamentioning

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Section: Evaluation Of Environmental Decision Criteriamentioning

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Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches Applied to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): A Comprehensive Literature Review

Marinello

Gamberini

2021

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“…In Uttarakhand (a state in India), Department of Agriculture, under the Producer Group arrangement, Uttarakhand Gramya Vikas Samiti (UGVS), is advancing its support to identify and develop various agritourism clusters in each of the 11 hilly districts in Uttarakhand to ensure circular economy-based approaches across the agriculture supply chains by 2030 (Joshi et al, 2020; Sharma et al, 2020). The aim is to develop the cross-value chains and allied service ecosystems to support the integrated livelihood and sustainable IGAs to the stakeholders (farmers, tourist operators, and supply chain partners) (Anderson, 2018; Arru et al, 2019; Corrado & Sala, 2018).…”

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“…Due to distinct competitive advantage of having high level of flora–fauna with diverse climatic conditions, Indian Himalayan region has a great potential to facilitate the agritourism activities. Tourism is evolved as one of the thrust domain for sustainable livelihood opportunity to the stakeholders in the Himalayan region and it has the potential to be transformed as a growth engine for the future development of the region (Badola et al, 2018; Bhalla & Bhattacharya, 2019; Sharma et al, 2020; Xue & Kerstetter, 2019). The present study has taken Uttarakhand as the case study, where tourism and agriculture collectively contribute 13.5 percent to the GDP (Gayatri, 2018).…”

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Performance Evaluation of Agro-tourism Clusters using AHP–TOPSIS

Joshi

Sharma

Singh

2020

Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning

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The aim of this article is to recognize the key critical success factors (CSFs) that determine the performance of agritourism clusters using combined analytical hierarchy process (AHP)-the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. The operational performance of agritourism clusters was determined using integrated approach, and 11 CSFs were initially identified through systematic literature review. Furthermore, experts validated and finalized nine CSFs that can determine the sustainable performance of agritourism network. Totally 15 experts (including practitioners and agritourism supply chain partners), were engaged in data collection process. The AHP application exhibits that destination attractiveness (D5) has the highest priority (0.156) among all the dimensions followed by local community contribution and sustainable livelihoods (D9). Furthermore, TOPSIS demonstrates that Pithoragarh (C7) has the ideal best value (0.7705) indicating that this cluster is performing the best among all the clusters followed by Almora (0.7209). The identification of CSFs to evaluate the performance of clusters in Uttarakhand, India can serve as guiding tool for the agritourism practitioners. The examination of pertinent issues with the focus on major support required, bottlenecks in adoption, key benefits of sustainable agritourism activities and most common sustainable practices are expected to provide new understanding about the sustainable agritourism business-based issues in India. The only limitation of this study is the geographic coverage and limited demography of the respondents. This study is one of the first efforts on assessing agritourism supply chain practices in India, with the special reference to Uttarakhand state.

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“…hence must be factored in for an effective greener ICT ecosystem. With the ever-growing global population, the demands for computing and ICT devices may experience sustained increase and the consequence is enormous pressure on the manufacturers to either release new technologies or increase the volume of production of current brands [5]. There is no gainsaying that technology advancement has its downsides or side effects which include generation of e-wastes, pollution, health and environmental degradation.…”

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Green Computing: A Machinery for Sustainable Development in the Post-Covid Era

Nwankwo¹,

Chinedu²

2021

Green Computing Technologies and Computing Industry in 2021

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Socio-economic sustainability has emerged the common song of the policy makers globally. It has been projected as a developmental strategy by international and regional agencies. There has been several campaigns and programs all of which are intended to promote sustainability. In developing countries, the masses have been bamboozled with often unrealistic bogus policies hypocritically crafted in a bid to deceive the uninformed who are undoubtedly helpless in the midst of the conundrum. However, the 2019 reports of the IPCC and OECD respectively on global warming, sustainability and climate change is not a phenomenon that should be swept under the carpet by any sensible government. Though in many jurisdictions, campaigns and policies have long assumed political undertone, it must be stressed that it is time for talking the walk. Governments must put up implementable strategies that are all encompassing across the various sociopolitical classes and the different industry levels. According to the said reports, global warming and climate change pose severe challenges to sustainability and this is attributed to social, and economic root causes. The social sources are conflicts and poor socio-political governance structures whereas the economic sources are connected to industry, electricity, residential, agriculture, and transport. It is reported that 60% of greenhouse emissions globally emanate from the economic source. The worst hit is the sub-Saharan Africa where the dumping of electronic wastes and uncontrolled deployment of unregulated hardware for industry operations have remained a major environmental menace in the last decade. Having regard to the foregoing, this paper seeks to provide a systematic inquiry into the green computing policies and legislations in a major economic hub in the sub-Saharan Africa. The essence of this investigation is to critically review the present status of existing policies, strategies, and legislation vis-à-vis their strengths, lapses, and the contributory effect of these on driving the sustainability programs in the general developmental outlook of the sub region.

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Assessing enablers of e-waste management in circular economy using DEMATEL method: An Indian perspective

Cited by 133 publications

References 132 publications

Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches Applied to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): A Comprehensive Literature Review

Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches Applied to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): A Comprehensive Literature Review

Performance Evaluation of Agro-tourism Clusters using AHP–TOPSIS

Green Computing: A Machinery for Sustainable Development in the Post-Covid Era

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