Selecting Demolition Waste Materials Disposal Alternatives Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Technique

Abstract

This article describes how in developing countries, millions of tons of construction and demolition wastes (CDWs) are lost every year due to lack of knowledge of recycling significance and/or procedures. Despite the high value of CDWs, high percentage of this waste is either dumped illegally or disposed in the landfills. Disposal methods should consider saving natural resources and maintaining the environmental conditions through maximizing the value of CDWs. This article aims at choosing the most sustainable disposal alternative using Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Process, considering several sustainability measure indicators. The research introduces a list containing the most relevant and significant sustainable indicators that affect the selection of alternative for disposal of CDWs. Then, fuzzy TOPSIS technique is applied considering the significant indicators on each alternative to rank and choose the best alternative for disposal of CDWs.

Automated Decision-Making with TOPSIS for Water Analysis

“…TOPSIS has been used for the selection of polymers [38][39][40][41], nanomaterials [42][43][44], and machine process parameters [45]. It has been shown to be efficient for optimizing analytic procedures and normalization methods [46,47], and materials [48][49][50][51][52].…”