HA237 : Sustainable design for paper recycling network
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Industrial Engineering & Management > MSc > 2018
Authors:
Fatemeh Sarikhani [Author], Mohammad Fattahi[Supervisor], Reza Sheikh[Advisor]
Abstarct: The large amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produced from residential and commercial activities has posed a big threat to the modern society, especially to large cities by causing environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emission, leakage of leachate and contamination of air, soil and water resources. As one of the concerns of managers to mitigate the environmental impacts and to improve social impacts, Researchers have been conducting studies focusing on social criteria, but considering sustainability is a topic that has been addressed in this research. The sustainability is one of the most important issues that should be properly addressed in waste management systems. Further, "sustainability" is a challenging issue in MSW management in which economic, environmental and social responsibility objectives should be considered. Using supply chain management and green technology, we can reduce the negative environmental impacts and achieve optimum use of resources and energy. Greening the supply chain process is taking into account the environmental criteria and considerations throughout the supply chain. In this thesis, a systematic approach to aims to provide a model for the integrated design of the closed loop supply chain network of a multi-product, single-cycle loop, recycling waste paper will be investigated, simultaneously in which the dimensions of sustainable development are considered. All activities related to collecting waste paper and transferring to recycling centers and recycling products production are considered in this network. To achieve this aims, paper recycling technologies have been evaluated using social criteria. The tecnology suitable selection for recycling waste paper can be viewed as a complicated multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem requiring consideration of multiple alternative solutions and conflicting quantitative and qualitative criteria. Materials Recovery Facility, Advanced Thermal Treatment, Anaerobic Digester, Incinerator Facility, Composting facilities are recycling waste paper technologies options were considered by the panel expert who evaluated each option against social criteria and subcriteria. For selecting the best recycling method, the (VIKOR) method is applied to determine the priority ranking of alternatives. We used the UTASTAR method to measure the utility of the selected options. In continued this research, a multi-objective mixed integer programming model is designed to achieve the sustainability of the supply chain network. Finally, considering the structure of the proposed model, we implemented this model for Tehran and analyzed the results.
Keywords:
#Sustainability #Green the supply chain #Closed loop supply chain #Recycling waste paper #Vikor fuzzy method #UTASTAR method #Mixed integer programming model. Link
Keeping place: Central Library of Shahrood University
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