| | Number | Comparison target | Comparison elements | MRSS preference sets |
| | 1 | To create positive social opinion | Land use (operational) | 0.33, 1, 7, and 3 | | 2 | Land use (social) | 1, 1, 5, and 1 | | 3 | Operation (social) | 0.2, 1, 0.2, and 1 |
| | 4 | To protect environmental elements | Environmental (land use) | 1, 3, 5, and 5 | | 5 | Environmental (operational) | 1, 1, 5, and 1 | | 6 | Land use (operational) | 1, 1, 5, and 1 |
| | 7 | For sustainable and strategic land use planning | Environmental (land use) | 1, 3, 3, and 3 | | 8 | Environmental (operational) | 1, 1, 7, and 3 | | 9 | Environmental (social) | 5, 1, 7, and 7 | | 10 | Land use (operational) | 0.33, 0.2, 1, and 3 | | 11 | Land use (social) | 1, 0.14, 3, and 3 | | 12 | Operation (social) | 1, 1, 5, and 5 |
| | 13 | To minimize the operational cost and to operate the landfill with best available techniques and best environmental practices | Environmental (land use) | 1, 7, 5, and 5 | | 14 | Environmental (operational) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 15 | Environmental (social) | 1, 1, 5, and 3 | | 16 | Land use (operational) | 0.33, 1, 1, and 1 | | 17 | Land use (social) | 1, 0.2, 3, and 1 | | 18 | Operation (social) | 5, 1, 5, and 3 |
| | 19 | To protect surface water | Proximity to critical sites (road accessibility) | 0.2, 0.11, 0.33, and 1 | | 20 | Soil cove availability (landfill area) | 0.33, 1, 5, and 1 | | 21 | Avoiding faulting zones (depth of ground water) | 0.33, 0.14, 3, and 1 | | 22 | Avoiding faulting zones (topology) | 1, 0.14, 3, and 1 | | 23 | Depth of ground water (topology) | 3, 1, 1, and 1 |
| | 24 | To reduce the effects on fault zones | Landfill area (soil cover) | 1, 0.2, 5, and 3 | | 25 | Proximity to surface water (depth of ground water) | 1, 1, 3, and 1 | | 26 | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 1, 1, 1, and 1 | | 27 | Depth of ground water (topology) | 1, 1, 1, and 1 |
| | 28 | To protect the ground water from pollutants | Landfill area (soil cover) | 1, 1, 5, and 1 | | 29 | Proximity to surface water (avoiding fault zones) | 1, 1, 1, and 1 | | 30 | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 1, 1, 0.2, and 0.3 | | 31 | Avoiding fault zones (topology) | 1, 1, 5, and 3 |
| | 32 | To reduce altering the land topology | Landfill area (soil cover) | 1, 0.14, 3, and 1 | | 33 | Proximity to surface water (avoiding fault zones) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 34 | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 1, 1, 1, and 1 | | 35 | Avoiding fault zones (topology) | 1, 0.2, 0.33, and 1 |
| | 36 | To protect the critical sites | Proximity to surface water (avoiding fault zones) | 1, 1, 5, and 1 | | 37 | Proximity to surface water (depth of ground water) | 1, 1, 5, and 7
| | 38 | Avoiding fault zones (depth of ground water) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 39 | Aesthetic (proximity to living settlement) | 0.33, 1, 5, and 3 | | 40 | Road accessibility (proximity to critical sites) | 0.33, 1, 1, and 3 |
| | 41 | To locate landfill in places easily accessed by roads | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 0.33, 1, 0.2, and 0.2 | | 42 | Haul Distance (landfill Area) | 5, 5, 5, and 5 | | 43 | Aesthetic (proximity to living settlement) | 0.33, 1, 3, and 1 |
| | 44 | To minimize the solid waste haul distance | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 1, 3, 5, and 1 | | 45 | Proximity to critical sites (road accessibility) | 0.33, 0.2, 0.2, and 0.14 | | 46 | Landfill area (soil cover) | 1, 1, 1, and 1 | | 47 | Aesthetic (proximity to living settlement) | 0.33, 0.3, 1, and 1 |
| | 48 | To determine the optimum landfill area | Proximity to surface water (avoiding fault zones) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 49 | Proximity to surface water(depth of ground water) | 1, 1, 3, and 5 | | 50 | Proximity to surface water(topology) | 3, 1, 7, and 7 | | 51 | Avoiding fault zones (depth of ground water) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 52 | Avoiding fault zones (topology) | 3, 1, 7, and 3 | | 53 | Depth of ground water (topology) | 0.33, 1, 3, and 3 | | 54 | Proximity to critical sites (road accessibility) | 1, 1, 3, and 5 | | 55 | Solid waste haul distance (landfill area) | 1, 1, 1, and 5 | | 56 | Solid waste haul distance (soil cover) | 1, 1, 3, and 3 | | 57 | Landfill area (soil cover) | 0.33, 1, 5, and 1 | | 58 | Aesthetic (proximity to living settlement) | 0.33, 1, 1, and 1 |
| | 59 | To protect the soil cover from pollution | Proximity to surface water (topology) | 0.33, 1, 0.2, and 0.33 |
| | 60 | To minimize the possibility of the landfill being seen | Proximity to critical sites (road accessibility) | 0.33, 0.33, 1, and 1 | | 61 | Solid waste haul distance (landfill area) | 1, 1, 3, and 1 | | 62 | Aesthetic (proximity to living settlement) | 1, 0.33, 3, and 1 |
| | 63 | To locate the landfill as far as possible from settlements | Solid waste haul distance (landfill area) | 1, 1, 7, and 7 |
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