“…The need to include the qualitative views and opinions of conflicting actors and experts has ensured that multi-criteria analysis methods has remained a useful appraisal tool (Barda et al, 1990;Cheng et al, 2003;Dai et al, 2001;Dujim and Markert, 2002;Khelifi et al, 2006;Norese, 2003). The need to account for local conditions has led to an increasing use of spatial decision tools based on geographical information systems (GIS) to model base line waste conditions, identify potential facility locations and estimate transport impacts (Cheng et al, 2003;Maniezzo et al, 1998;Matejicek et al, 2006;Nilsson et al, 2005;Shmelev and Powell, 2006).…”