Table 3 The used criteria and sub-criteria and their weights.
Main criteria | Weight of criteria | Sub-criteria | Weight of sub-criteria | Final weight | Cost or benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic (\({c}_{1}\)) | 0.4822 | Operating costs (C11) | 0.2910 | 0.1404 | − |
HW transportation cost to disposal facilities (C12) | 0.2366 | 0.1141 | − | ||
The cost of repairs and maintenance (C13) | 0.1311 | 0.0632 | − | ||
Investment cost (C14) | 0.1178 | 0.0568 | − | ||
Land price (C15) | 0.0624 | 0.0301 | − | ||
Burial fee (C16) | 0.0724 | 0.0349 | − | ||
Possibility of future expansion (C17) | 0.0658 | 0.0317 | + | ||
Project construction cost (C18) | 0.0230 | 0.0111 | − | ||
Environmental (\({c}_{2}\)) | 0.2449 | Contamination (C21) | 0.2709 | 0.0663 | − |
Distance from surface water (C22) | 0.2135 | 0.0523 | + | ||
Noise pollution (C23) | 0.1632 | 0.0400 | − | ||
The effect of greenhouse gas emissions (C24) | 0.1360 | 0.0333 | − | ||
Depth of groundwater (C25) | 0.0802 | 0.0196 | + | ||
Distance from residential areas (C26) | 0.0617 | 0.0151 | + | ||
Odor emission rate (C27) | 0.0473 | 0.0116 | − | ||
Distance from power lines (C28) | 0.0273 | 0.0067 | + | ||
Social (\({c}_{3}\)) | 0.1583 | Social acceptance (C31) | 0.2297 | 0.0364 | + |
Population density (C32) | 0.2339 | 0.0370 | − | ||
Archeological importance (C33) | 0.2048 | 0.0324 | − | ||
Distance from communities (C34) | 0.0920 | 0.0146 | + | ||
Health and safety (C35) | 0.0940 | 0.0149 | + | ||
Adherence to rules and regulations (C36) | 0.0692 | 0.0110 | + | ||
Land use (C37) | 0.0328 | 0.0052 | − | ||
Lack of municipal problems (C38) | 0.0437 | 0.0069 | + | ||
Technical (\({c}_{4}\)) | 0.0762 | Landfill capacity (C41) | 0.3135 | 0.0239 | + |
Availability of workforce (C42) | 0.2021 | 0.0154 | + | ||
Accessibility to the road (C43) | 0.1292 | 0.0098 | + | ||
Infrastructure development (C44) | 0.1004 | 0.0077 | + | ||
Distance to the garbage collection point (C45) | 0.0898 | 0.0068 | − | ||
Distance to a complex of waste sorting (C46) | 0.0617 | 0.0047 | − | ||
Distance from mines (C47) | 0.0694 | 0.0053 | + | ||
Lack of leachate control (C48) | 0.0340 | 0.0026 | − | ||
Geological (\({c}_{5}\)) | 0.0383 | Soil type (C51) | 0.2607 | 0.0100 | − |
Height (C52) | 0.1810 | 0.0069 | − | ||
Distance from the fault (C53) | 0.1623 | 0.0062 | + | ||
Slope (C54) | 0.1829 | 0.0070 | − | ||
Wind problems (C55) | 0.0790 | 0.0030 | − | ||
Flooding (C56) | 0.0644 | 0.0025 | − | ||
Precipitation estimates (C57) | 0.0427 | 0.0016 | − | ||
Vegetation (C58) | 0.0269 | 0.0010 | − |
