Decision-Making Algorithm for Waste Recovery Options. Review on Textile Waste Derived Products
2023
Anda Zandberga, Silvija Nora Kalniņš, Jūlija Gušča

‘Added-value potential of final product’, ‘Share of textile waste in total waste feedstock’, ‘Diversity of textile mix suitable for specific technology’, ‘Pre-treatment of waste feedstock’, ‘Recovery potential’, and ‘Maturity of a recovery technology’. The weighting of the criteria was determined by eight waste management experts. The results of the expert-based criteria evaluation show that the most important criteria are ‘Added-value potential of final product’ and ‘Circular economy approach of the technology’. The developed decision-making methodology has been adapted to nine textile waste recovered products – compost, refuse-derived fuel, ethanol, glucose, building insulation material from cement and textile waste mix, building insulation material from denim textile waste, terephthalic acid, recovered cotton and recovered polyester. The multi-criteria, decision-making ranking of the products textile shows that the highest potential for products recovered from textile waste is for glucose and terephthalic acid, while the lowest – for ethanol, compost and refuse-derived fuel.


Keywords
AHP; circular economy; clothing waste, fibres; multi-criteria analysis; sustainability; TOPSIS; waste recovered product
DOI
10.2478/rtuect-2023-0011
Hyperlink
https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0011

Zandberga, A., Kalniņš, S., Gušča, J. Decision-Making Algorithm for Waste Recovery Options. Review on Textile Waste Derived Products. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2023, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp.137-149. e-ISSN 2255-8837. Available from: doi:10.2478/rtuect-2023-0011

Publication language
English (en)
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