Evaluating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical waste disposal using preference selection index with CRADIS in a fuzzy environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in essential medical supplies usage, leading to a notable increase in medical waste generation. Consequently, extensive research has focused on sustainable disposal methods to handle used medical equipment safely. Given the necessity to evaluate these methods considering qualitative and quantitative criteria, this falls within the realm of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM).