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International Journal of Neutrosophic Science (IJNS)
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This study presents an analysis of consumer opinions on waste medicine management. The study explores consumers'
concerns, preferences, and suggestions regarding correctly disposing unused or expired medications. The analysis
shows the key points that emerged from consumer opinions, including environmental impact, public health and safety,
accessibility and affordability, education and awareness, pharmaceutical industry responsibility, convenience and ease
of disposal, privacy and confidentiality, community engagement, alternatives to disposal, extended producer
responsibility, international collaboration, technology solutions, environmental stewardship, and government
regulation and support. This study shows the importance of understanding consumer perspectives in developing
effective waste medicine management strategies prioritizing environmental sustainability, public health, and consumer
satisfaction. We used the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology to deal with these criteria. We
gathered 15 criteria concerned with waste medicine management. We used the DEMATEL method to show the criteria
weights and relationships between criteria. The DEMATEL method is integrated with the single-valued neutrosophic
set to deal with uncertain data. The results show the environmental impact has the most significant weight.
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