A Comprehensive Analysis of Location Selection Problem for Underground Waste Containers Using Integrated MC-HFLTS&MAIRCA and MABAC Methods

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Underground waste container systems are the systems that operate vertically in confined spaces and provide the collection of all waste and garbage under the ground and that prevent the spread of scent and water around.Underground waste containers have many advantages compared to classic waste containers.They prevent the formation of viruses and bacteria-based illnesses that may be exposed due to the inner coating of the tank under the ground, save space, save time in the collection of waste and collect the wastes hygienically and untouched.Moreover, they contribute to recycling due to on-site waste sorting with more than one container taking a small place.The use of underground waste containers with many advantages as mentioned above is gradually increasing.In this respect, the purpose of this study is to determine the criteria that are effective in placing underground waste containers, to calculate the criteria weights and to evaluate alternative locations where waste containers will be placed for a particular region.As a result of the literature review, no study was conducted on the location selection for underground waste containers.In this study, the integrated MC-HFLTS&MAIRCA method was used to evaluate alternatives and select the best location for underground waste containers.This method may increase the flexibility of expressing linguistic information and define the difference between the ideal and empirical values.According to the results obtained, the most important criteria was determined as infrastructure efficiency (C5), amount of waste (C3) and population density (C2), number of the institution of public/private organization (C4) and distance to waste disposal point (C1), respectively.The alternative order is as A3>A1>A2.According to the results obtained in the calculation, the first location where underground waste containers will be placed is Yakutiye district (A3) and Lalapaşa neighborhood (B3).The comparison analysis was performed using MABAC method to check the validity of the results.A3 and B3 alternatives are the best one and the order of location for underground waste containers is the same in MC-HFLTS&MAIRCA and MC-HFLTS&MABAC methods.