Facility location planning for treatment of large household appliances in Spain

Grit Walther, Thomas Spengler and Dolores Queiruga

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2008, vol. 8, issue 4, 405-425

Abstract: A two-step approach is presented for strategic planning of recycling systems for discarded electronic products. In a first step, the appropriateness of municipalities for the installation of recycling facilities is evaluated based on economic, infrastructural, and legal location criteria applying a Multi-Attribute Decision-Making procedure (PROMETHEE). In a second step, interdependencies of pre-selected locations are taken into account applying a Warehouse Location Model in order to determine an optimal recycling system with several locations. The approach is applied to a case study of recycling large household appliances in Spain. Recommendations for installation and operation of the recycling system are derived.

Keywords: WLP; PROMETHEE; Spain; Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment; WEEE Directive; European Union; EU directives; large household appliances; case study; strategic planning; recycling systems; electronic products; multi-attribute decision making; warehouse location modelling; environmental management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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