: https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v9isp.2523-2531.4918

The compost product, which is a biologically active substance, emerges as a result of microbial\rdecomposition of organic materials under controlled conditions. This product, which is used for the\rimprovement of soil structure and the development of agricultural products, also offers opportunities\rin terms of minimizing the damage caused by organic wastes to the environment. It is important to\rencourage efforts for compost production, especially in terms of both disposal and economic\revaluation of wastes generated in animal production farms. Determining the most suitable location of\ra facility for the utilization of animal wastes as compost, which will be obtained from livestock\renterprises scattered in different geographical areas, will be an essential study in terms of minimizing\roperating costs. For such a facility, it would be an appropriate approach to use multi-criteria decision\rmaking methods to choose among predetermined facility location alternatives. In this study, a total\rof 17 facility location alternatives with 83,163 cattle potential in Çorum province were ranked\raccording to the criteria determined and weighted by means of SWARA method. The optimal ranking\rof 17 alternatives determined by K-Means clustering analysis was carried out by COPRAS and\rMAIRCA methods. According to the ranking results obtained from both methods, it was determined\rthat cluster number 6 was in the first rank, cluster number 4 was in the second rank, and cluster\rnumber 3 was in the third rank.