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A Case Study of Biohazard Waste Assessment by Generation Centres in Morelia
José Manuel Brotons Martínez, Bayte Nares Lara, Ruben Chávez Rivera and Abel Brotons Martínez
Biohazardous waste potentially contains pathogenic biological agents. While this type of waste is primarily generated from activities related to human and animal diagnosis, treatment, or immunization, its production has expanded to include popular services such as tattooing or body piercing. Given the inherent risks associated with biohazardous waste, there is a critical need for comprehensive information and assessment at generation centre level. This paper begins by presenting generating centres in a prioritized sequence based on the Criteria Importance Through Inter-criteria Correlation (CRITIC) method. The introduction of different annual values requires an aggregation of these values, and to do this we propose the use of ordered weighed average (OWA). The results for the city of Morelia show that clinical laboratories present the greatest waste generation problems, followed by hospitals, irrespective of the aggregation method. On the other hand, rehabilitation centres and spas present the fewest problems.
Keywords: Biohazard waste, CRITIC method, rank, OWA, waste-generating centres
JEL Classification: I12, D81, E37