Das Projekt "Entscheidungshilfe mit mehreren Kriterien als Hilfsmittel fuer die Entscheidungsfindung beim Umgang von Gemeinden mit festen Abfaellen" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Trier, European Association for Environmental Management Education - Focal Point Trier -, Europäisches Diplom in Umweltwissenschaften durchgeführt. The objective of the present research demonstrates the applicability of Multicriteria Aid for Decisions (MCDA) in the area of Municipal Solid Waste Management by means of a case study for household wastes in the island of Cyprus. At first, the conceptual framework for such an integrated regional management is given. Planning process is then described and the requirements for decision making in the solid waste management field are presented. Subsequently, MCDA's philosophical foundations are shortly illustrated and the importance of defining the problem as well as a set of evaluation criteria are shown. Through these, four selectively composed alternatives for the integrated management for the Municipal Solid Waste are discussed and compared. From the broad spectrum of MCDA literature, the ELECTRE family of methods has been chosen for application in the present case study. Candidate.