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Designing a Recycling Network for the Circular Economy of Plastics with Different Multi-Criteria Optimization Approaches

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  • Christoph Stallkamp

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Justus Steins

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Manuel Ruck

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Rebekka Volk

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Frank Schultmann

    (Institute for Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany)

Abstract

A growing plastic production increases the pressure on waste management systems, which have to cope with greater volumes of plastic waste. Increased plastics recycling can reduce environmental impacts by lowering the need for primary plastics production and thus fossil resources demand. Current research is mainly focused on identifying environmentally friendly recycling technologies for different waste streams. However, recycling capacities must also be expanded to handle the waste generated. Therefore, this paper develops multiple exemplary multi-criteria optimization models to design an optimal recycling network. The models are deployed in a case study for plastic packaging waste in Europe for an advanced mechanical recycling process. We compare the different multi-criteria optimization approaches, how they balance environmental and economic aspects differently, and how this affects the recycling network design. Finally, we compare the optimization approaches and find goal programming the most promising approach for recycling network design that ensures a balance between economic and environmental objectives.

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  • Christoph Stallkamp & Justus Steins & Manuel Ruck & Rebekka Volk & Frank Schultmann, 2022. "Designing a Recycling Network for the Circular Economy of Plastics with Different Multi-Criteria Optimization Approaches," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-23, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:17:p:10913-:d:903754
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