Title: Municipal solid waste management models: a review study to evaluate the conceptual framework for developing nations

Authors: Anupama Singh

Addresses: Center for Energy and Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihta, Patna, Bihar, 801103, India

Abstract: A lot of analysis and models have been developed on municipal solid waste management (MSWM) with time. Current research tries to conceptualise on the basis of the drawback of MSWM models. Majority of studied models related to MSWM belong to decision making. Hence to conceptualise their drawbacks, models have been chronologically arranged on the basis of different time period. It has led to understand the dynamism of models. In these models, different methodologies have been used such as life cycle assessment, multicriteria decision making, etc. The study finds out that several solid waste management models attempt to consider the sustainability using triple bottom line, i.e., environmental, economic and social aspects, but none of the models have been able to achieve all the three aspects completely. Another drawback is that the models keep upgrading the methodology used for the MSWM analysis, whereas primary focus should be on the decision making procedure.

Keywords: models; municipal solid waste management; MSWM; solid waste management models; sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2022.128222

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2022 Vol.30 No.3, pp.303 - 323

Received: 12 Mar 2020
Accepted: 05 Jul 2020
Published online: 12 Jan 2023 *

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