@article {10.3844/ajessp.2011.119.124,
article_type = {journal},
title = {A Decision Making Tool for Hazardous Waste Landfill Site Selection},
author = {Pandiyan, P. and Murugesan, A. and Vidhyadevi, T. and Dineshkirupha, S. and Pulikesi, M. and Sivanesan, S.},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
year = {2011},
month = {May},
pages = {119-124},
doi = {10.3844/ajessp.2011.119.124},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajessp.2011.119.124},
abstract = {Problem statement: Continuous global environmental crisis and degradation has been a
challenge for the sustainability of living on earth. This threat was posed by industrialization, high
products need, urbanization and population growth activities. As a result, the hazardous waste
generation has tremendously increased. Approach: Landfill was one of the positive approaches to
handle hazardous waste generated in great quantity. The appropriate selection of landfill site played a
major role to remediate the hazardous waste materials. Attributes to be considered for decision-making
were selected based on literature, observations with weightage assigned to each attribute following the
pair wise comparison method and sensitivity index on a scale of 0 to 1 based on attribute measurement.
The attributes were then grouped and ranked following Delphi approach. Results: In environmental
assessment, field based study of three landfill sites such as Melakottaiyur, Pachaiyankuppam and
Gummidipoondi in Tamil Nadu, India were selected and the sites scored a Risk Index (RI) of 298.75,
369.05 and 408.25 respectively. In economical assessment, economic viability related attributes were
analyzed and the three landfill site such as Pachaiyankuppam, Melakottaiyur and Gummidipoondi
scored a RI of 86.1, 94.3 and 131.5 respectively. Conclusion/Recommendations: In environmental
assessment the landfill sites were shortlisted. In order to achieve economic sustainability of the landfill,
economic viability related attributes has to be analyzed with high priority and weightage in economical
assessment.},
journal = {American Journal of Environmental Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}