Table 6.

The normalized decision matrix

Core criterion	Alternative
	A1: Beylikdüzü	A2: Eyüp	A3: Sarıyer	A4: Ümraniye	A5: Pendik
C1: Proximity to residential and urban areas	0.1967	0.1457	0.2251	0.2542	0.1783
C2: Proximity to waste collection point	0.2610	0.1753	0.1411	0.2055	0.2172
C3: Proximity to waste segregation points	0.2278	0.1746	0.1737	0.1923	0.2316
C4: Proximity to waste recovery sites	0.2204	0.1686	0.1360	0.2004	0.2746
C5: Proximity to environmentally protected zones	0.1176	0.3230	0.3230	0.1667	0.0698
C6: Traffic congestion	0.0879	0.2577	0.3596	0.2124	0.0823
C7: Soil emission	0.0662	0.2824	0.2467	0.2373	0.1674
C8: Land price	0.0837	0.2828	0.3666	0.1875	0.0794
C9: Operations and maintenance costs	0.1900	0.2150	0.2150	0.1900	0.1900
C10: Investment cost	0.1622	0.2151	0.2804	0.2048	0.1375
C11: Future expansion potential	0.2590	0.1633	0.1071	0.1579	0.3127
C12: Regional financial incentives	0.2361	0.1597	0.1597	0.1995	0.2450
C13: Flexibility	0.2747	0.1403	0.1468	0.1624	0.2758
C14: Robustness	0.2408	0.1420	0.1313	0.2040	0.2819