MCDM MODEL PROPOSAL AND SOLUTION FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNIQUES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ZERO WASTE APPROACH

Abstract

The world is constantly changing and developing. With the effect of this change, development, industrialization and globalization, resources are consumed irregularly and inefficiently. As a result of these consumptions, various wastes are generated. The recycling and disposal of these wastes, which accumulate over time and create negative effects on human-environmental health, individual, family and society, is a very important issue today. This study is carried out in order to evaluate the disposal techniques of medical wastes, which contain various viruses, bacteria, microorganisms and have negative effects on both the environment and human health. Within the scope of the study, a multi-criteria decision-making model consisting of medical wastes and disposal techniques have been proposed and this model has been solved with a two-stage methodology. In the first stage of the solution, medical wastes have been prioritized with the ENTROPY method, and in the second stage, alternative disposal techniques have been evaluated with the WASPAS and EDAS methods. At the end of the calculations, the results obtained by both methods have been compared and the alternatives have been ranked.