RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Perceptions of waste valorization and hazardousness: A methodological approach based on ordinal proximity measures
A1 Iurev, Rodion
A1 García Lapresta, José Luis
A1 García Encina, Pedro Antonio
A1 Bolado Rodríguez, Silvia
A1 Molinos Senante, María
K1 Circular economy
K1 Waste management
K1 Ordered qualitative scales
K1 Perception
K1 Hazardousness
K1 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
K1 23 Química
AB Citizens play a crucial role in achieving circular economy and sustainable waste management. This study introducesa novel methodological framework to assess public perceptions of potential waste valorization andhazardousness. Utilizing ordinal proximity measures, the framework also explores how individuals perceivequalitative scales used in these assessments. A case study involving 175 participants, including waste managementexperts and engineering students, was conducted to elucidate perceptual differences between these groupsacross 14 types of waste. It was found that 45% and 62% of respondents did not perceive the scales of wastevalorization and hazardousness as uniform. Both groups identified glass as the most valuable and pharmaceuticalwaste as the least valuable. However, perceptions varied considerably for other wastes depending on the respondents’expertise. Cereal straw and batteries were perceived as the least and most hazardous wastes,respectively, by both students and experts, with paint exhibiting the greatest variance in perceived hazardousnessbetween the two groups.
PB Elsevier
SN 2590-2520
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/75660
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/75660
LA eng
NO City and Environment Interactions, 2025, vol. 26, e100193
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 01-may-2025