Studying well-organized strategies for the waste management system in Baghdad using cooperative game theory

The waste file is one of the thorny files that hinder development plans in many countries, where it is necessary to highlight and build an integrated system to achieve the maximum possible benefit from it. Therefore, most developed countries have had to establish a modern manufacturing system to decrease the participation of fresh input factors and recycle waste. Since not all waste recycling is in waste recycling plants, there must be cooperation between waste producers to reduce the overall costs of processing non-recyclable waste. Cooperative game theory applies to all situations where producer actions maximize utility and is a robust gadget for creating practical collaboration actions in various applications. In this paper, we apply a mathematical model based on cooperative game theory to model cooperation between producers in waste management. Then, we use the chaining interaction index to show the potential cost to the waste producers in the case of collaboration and to reduce the overall costs of processing non-recyclable waste during the cooperation between the two producers. Finally, we use the methodology for a case study to address waste management in the El Mahmoudeya factory. This study assumes that all producers divide sanitary landfills or incineration of non-recyclable waste, meaning that for each producer who earns more, there will be a more significant contribution to the disposal or treatment of non-recyclable waste. The results of this study will enormously help professionals to formulate well-structured strategies for the waste management system of the future.