Research Article

Measuring Zero-Waste City Performance of a Coal Resource-Based Area in China with MCDM Approach

Table 1

The evaluation index system of zero-waste city performance.

Evaluation Purpose layerCode layerIndex layerDirection

Level of zero-waste city performance(P)Reduction of solid waste (P1)Intensity of industrial solid waste emission (P11)
Intensity of hazardous waste emission (P12)
Proportion of cleaner production enterprises (P13)+
Intensity of construction waste (P14)
Numbers of ecological industrial Park and circular industrial park (P15)+
Numbers of green agricultural development pioneer counties (P16)+
Proportion of recyclable transfer bags (P17)+
Domestic waste emission per capita(P18)
Utilization of solid waste (P2)Comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste (P21)+
Comprehensive utilization rate of hazardous waste (P22)+
Comprehensive utilization rate of straw (P23)+
Construction waste re-utilization rate (P24)+
Utilization rate of recyclable resources in medical institutions (P25)+
Recycling rate of domestic waste (P26)+
Final disposal of solid waste (P3)Safe disposal rate of industrial hazardous solid waste (P31)+
Coverage of collection and disposal system of medical waste (P32)+
Disposal amount of construction waste (P33)+
Recycling and disposal rate of pesticide packaging waste (P34)+
Harmless treatment proportion of domestic waste (P35)+
Number of public toilets per million people (P36)+
Proportion of urban environmental cleaning areas (P37)+
Development guarantee capability(P4)Urban environmental sanitation and cleaning equipment numbers (P41)+
Number of operatives in environmental protection management system (P42)+
Number of zero-waste city regulation and policy (P43)+
Harmless treatment capacity of solid waste (P44)+
Number of permitted patent applications (P45)+
Percentage of investment into solid waste treatment in fiscal revenue (P46)+
Public satisfaction with the performance of zero-waste city (P47)+