| Article ID: | iaor20107714 |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 181 |
| End Page Number: | 190 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Journal: | Waste Management |
| Authors: | Spengler Thomas, Walther Grit, Gonzlez-Benito Javier, Queiruga Dolores |
| Keywords: | ranking, waste management |
As a consequence of new European legal regulations for treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), recycling plants have to be installed in Spain. In this context, this contribution describes a method for ranking of Spanish municipalities according to their appropriateness for the installation of these plants. In order to rank the alternatives, the discrete multi‐criteria decision method PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organisation METHod for Enrichment Evaluations), combined with a surveys of experts, is applied. As existing plants are located in North and East Spain, a significant concentration of top ranking municipalities can be observed in South and Central Spain. The method does not present an optimal structure of the future recycling system, but provides a selection of good alternatives for potential locations of recycling plants.