3.2. Phase 2. Elaboration of the maps of potentially suitable areas (macro-siting) for each specific type of solid waste facility considered
Fig. 5 shows the maps of the potentially suitable areas for the siting of each type of solid waste facility prepared on the basis of the specific siting criteria (set by national and regional legislation) reported in Tables A.1–A.6 of Appendix A. The same high resolution maps can be seen in Figs. A.1–A.6 of Appendix A for hazardous waste landfills, non-hazardous waste landfills, inert waste landfills, waste-to-energy plants, MBT plants, composting and anaerobic digestion plants, respectively. The maps of the potentially suitable areas were obtained by means of a geographically referred (geo-referred) overlapping of the siting criteria through the use of ArcView® software for each type of solid waste facility considered.