Selection of management option for solid waste from olive oil industry using the analytical hierarchy process

This paper considers the process of selecting a appropriate olive mill solid waste management option in Jordan. Six alternatives were found to be possible options for olive mill solid waste management. Those alternatives are: animal feed, energy recovery, extraction of useful materials, co-combustio...

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Published inJournal of material cycles and waste management Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 177 - 185
Main Authors Qdais, Hani Abu, Alshraideh, Hussam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agricultural pollution
Analysis
Analytic hierarchy process
Animal feed
Civil Engineering
Combustion
Criteria
Decision making
Energy recovery
Engineering
Environmental effects
Environmental Management
Feeds
Food processing industry
Hierarchies
Management
Materials selection
Mills
Olea
Olive oil
Olives
Original Article
Petroleum industry
Priorities
Sensitivity analysis
Sludge
Solid waste management
Solid wastes
Studies
Waste disposal
Waste management
Waste management industry
Waste Management/Waste Technology
Decision support system
Olive mill solid waste
Analytical hierarchy process
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Summary:This paper considers the process of selecting a appropriate olive mill solid waste management option in Jordan. Six alternatives were found to be possible options for olive mill solid waste management. Those alternatives are: animal feed, energy recovery, extraction of useful materials, co-combustion, fertilizers, and disposal without treatment. Prioritization of these six alternatives was performed through the analytical hierarchy process. Management options were prioritized based on three criteria: environmental effects, economical benefits, and the technology involved. Priorities given to each of criteria were evaluated through soliciting experts and olive mills owners opinions. Analytical hierarchy process model results revealed that co-combustion option is most favorable followed by the animal feed alternative and lease favorable is disposal without treatment. Sensitivity of the proposed analytical hierarchy process model was addressed as the priorities may change. Model sensitivity analysis showed that our model decision is robust to moderate changes in priorities. Unless the environmental criteria given a very high priority, co-combustion remains as the most favorable management option.
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ISSN:1438-4957
1611-8227
DOI:10.1007/s10163-014-0321-3