title: Evaluation of sites for the location of WEEE recycling plants in Spain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Department of Production and Logistics Management, Technical University of Braunschweig, Katharinenstrasse 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. queiruga@tu-bs.de
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Queiruga
authors.forename: Grit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Benito
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spengler
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D004581:Electronics; D007221:Industry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D013030:Spain