Multi-attribute decision-making for electronic waste recycling using interval-valued Fermatean fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators

The utilization of electrical and electronics equipments in waste recycling has become a paramount for various countries. The waste electrical and electronics equipment (WEEE) recyclers own a crucial position in the environmental growth of a country as they help to minimize the carbon emissions during the recycling of WEEE in the most eco-friendly way. Therefore, the selection and assessment of an appropriate WEEE recycling partner has become a most important part of DM (decision-making) applications. The collusion of numerous quantitative and qualitative factors makes the recycling partner selection problem, a multifaced and significant decision for the managerial experts. The main objective of this work is to propose MADM (multi-attribute decision-making) techniques to evaluate the WEEE recycling partners under interval-valued Fermatean fuzzy (IVFF) information. In this regard, certain Hamacher AOs (aggregation operators) are proposed to develop the required DM method. These AOs include Hamacher weighted averaging, ordered weighted averaging, weighted geometric, ordered weighted geometric, generalized Einstein weighted averaging, generalized Einstein ordered weighted averaging, generalized Einstein weighted geometric, etc. Then, these averaging operators are utilized to come up with a MADM techniques under IVFF environment. Furthermore, the constructed technique is applied to a case study in China to incorporate with the e-waste recycling partner selection problem. Moreover, a brief comparison of the proposed with is presented with various existing techniques to manifest the productivity and coherence of the proposed model. Finally, the accuracy and consistency of results shows that the proposed technique is fully compatible and applicable to handle any MADM problem.