PMID- 32222918 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200710 LR - 20200710 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 16 DP - 2020 Jun TI - Decision-making for the selection of different leachate treatment/management methods: the ANP and PROMETHEE approaches. PG - 19798-19809 LID - 10.1007/s11356-020-08524-7 [doi] AB - Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill leachate is a highly contaminated liquid effluent. Leachate has a complex nature that needs to be appropriately treated before being discharged into the environment. There are various options for leachate treatment. Deciding which option should be applied is a complex process, since it depends on many factors that need to provide a balance between the technical, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods are useful techniques to solve complex problems that cannot be easily solved. In this study, MCDM techniques are used for an evaluation of four different leachate treatment options: recirculation of leachate to a landfill site (A1), combined treatment with municipal wastewater (A2), anaerobic and aerobic sequential treatment (A3), and advanced leachate treatment based on membrane processes (A4). The selection of the most appropriate one, based on the criteria, analytic network process (ANP), and preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) methods, was applied as MCDM techniques using the Super Decisions software and D-Sight software, respectively. Both the ANP and the PROMETHEE analysis results demonstrate that option A2 is the most appropriate for all of the decision-makers. FAU - Ozdemir, Alp AU - Ozdemir A AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Eskisehir Technical University, Iki Eylul Campus, 26555, Eskisehir, Turkey. alpozdemir@eskisehir.edu.tr. FAU - Ozkan, Aysun AU - Ozkan A AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Eskisehir Technical University, Iki Eylul Campus, 26555, Eskisehir, Turkey. FAU - Gunkaya, Zerrin AU - Gunkaya Z AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Eskisehir Technical University, Iki Eylul Campus, 26555, Eskisehir, Turkey. FAU - Banar, Mufide AU - Banar M AD - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Eskisehir Technical University, Iki Eylul Campus, 26555, Eskisehir, Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200328 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Solid Waste) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) SB - IM MH - Organizations MH - *Refuse Disposal MH - Solid Waste/analysis MH - Waste Disposal Facilities MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Analytic network process (ANP) OT - Leachate treatment OT - Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) OT - Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) EDAT- 2020/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/11 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-08524-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-020-08524-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Jun;27(16):19798-19809. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-08524-7. Epub 2020 Mar 28.