Assessment and determination of potential sustainable biomass waste using the analytic network process method

Abstract

A global problem which has not been yet resolved is the volume of waste as a side effect of various activities whose numbers continue to increase. At present waste management becomes a challenge which is being faced by developing countries therefore starting from the selection of raw materials has been carried out an optimal sorting process for efficiency. This study aimed to assess and compare potential biomass waste as an alternative to sustainable waste efficiency. The study used the Analytic Network Process (ANP) method by making pairwise comparisons inter-criteria and inter-alternatives in assessing to obtain the weight of each criterion and alternative. The results showed a pairwise comparison value of cluster goal of potential sustainable biomass waste with the cluster availability of waste sources criteria having the highest priority weighting of 0.43017, compared to other clusters criteria. In the cluster alternatives, three biomass wastes with the highest priority weight were orange peel of 0.27376, pineapple leaf of 0.17764, and sugar palm peel of 0.15488, which were potential as sustainable biomass waste to be developed into various products biomass based such as for renewable heterogeneous catalysts, innovative craft products and various other high value-added products.