Title: Integrated assessment in municipal solid waste management: a discussion from models to indicators

Authors: Carolina Xavier Ferreira; Marcelo Seleme Matias; Armando Borges de Castilhos Júnior

Addresses: Department of Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Florianópolis, Brazil ' Department of Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Florianópolis, Brazil ' Department of Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Florianópolis, Brazil

Abstract: Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has a wide range of stages and technologies for application in different social and economic contexts. With the complexity involved in the process, decision-making also gradually becomes more difficult. There is currently a plurality of models, tools and indicators that seek to evaluate and represent the performance of these different arrangements under different approaches. The models have evolved from a purely economic approach to dynamic and integrated assessments. This work, supported by a bibliographic review, presents a discussion on the evolution of the models of performance evaluation of MSWM systems and describes the dimensions commonly used in the decision-making process in the form of indicators: economic, environmental and social. This research was carried out through a literature review of the last 20 years (2000-2020) and it was noted that the development of evaluation and optimisation models are still being improved.

Keywords: municipal solid waste management; performance evaluation models; decision support tools; indicators.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2024.139238

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2024 Vol.34 No.2, pp.209 - 227

Received: 24 Jan 2021
Accepted: 02 Dec 2021
Published online: 28 Jun 2024 *

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