Strategic planning for waste management: A case study of Shiraz waste management


Ali Zangi Abadia and Dariush Ahmadi


These days, there are several reports indicating on reduction on renewable resources. On the other hand, there is an increase on the population, which increases production of garbage in the world. With limitation on governmental budget, there is growing concern on having efficient strategic planning for waste management. The proposed study of this paper performs a SWOT analysis to find all strength, weakness, opportunities as well as possible threats associated with waste management organization located in city of Shiraz, located in south west of Iran. Based on the results, appropriated locating strategies for burying garbage, training and increasing awareness regarding production and collection, attracting foreign investment in the field of recycling garbage, reconsidering environmental rules and burying garbage and its separation standards are the most important strategies.


DOI: j.msl.2012.05.011

Keywords: Garbage management strategy ,QSPM ,SWOT ,Strategic policy

How to cite this paper:

Abadia, A & Ahmadi, D. (2012). Strategic planning for waste management: A case study of Shiraz waste management.Management Science Letters, 2(5), 1563-1570.


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E-mail addresses: dr_adelz@yahoo.com (A. Zangi Abadi)

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