The Journal of Middle East and North Africa Sciences 2020; 6(09) http://www.jomenas.org 19 Micro Location of a Recycling Plant for Multilayered Packaging in The State of Tlaxcala, Through the Delphi and AHP Techniques Ivonne Maldonado Hernández • Héctor Domínguez Martínez • Jorge Luis Castañeda Gutiérrez • Kathy Laura Vargas Matamoros Postgraduate Studies and Research Division, Technological Institute of Apizaco, Technologic National of Mexico, Tlaxcala, Mexico maldonadohernandez.ivonne@gmail.com Abstract. The recycling of multilayer containers has enormous potential in Mexico, due to the fact that, on the one hand, there is currently a high percentage of waste from it and, on the other hand, the product obtained as a result of this process is cellulose, which has an attractive level of demand for the practice of recycling in general. Another singular fact is the fact that the State of Tlaxcala has a privileged location for the establishment of production plants of different types and the recycling of multilayer containers is no exception, for which reason it has been proposed to establish a plant in the state of Tlaxcala, having the task of defining where in the State to establish the plant. This article deals with a proposal for the micro location of a multilayer packaging recycling plant in the State of Tlaxcala. This proposal is based on two techniques used to establish the micro location. These techniques are the Delphi technique, accompanied by the methodology for decision- making called the analytic hierarchy and analytic network processes for the measurement of intangible criteria and for decision-making (AHP), which are combined to achieve the stated objective. To cite this article [Hernández, I. M., Martínez, H. D. Gutiérrez, J. L. C. & Matamoros, K. L. V. (2020). Micro Location of a Recycling Plant for Multilayered Packaging in The State of Tlaxcala, Through the Delphi and AHP Techniques. The Journal of Middle East and North Africa Sciences, 6(09), 19-24]. (P-ISSN 2412- 9763) - (e-ISSN 2412-8937). www.jomenas.org. 4 Keywords: Multi-layered Packaging, micro-location, Delphi and AHP techniques. 1. Introduction: The State of Tlaxcala is located within the coordinates 19.318164, -98.236752 Being a place located in the center of Mexico, which potentializes it as a very good area for logistics strategies, that is why it has been proposed as a location area for a multilayer packaging recycling plant, having as a point to treat the micro location within this place. There are different methods to perform a micro-localization of the plant, however, some turn out to be very subjective, in this work a method is proposed where the Delphi technique and the analytical hierarchical AHP technique are combined. The Delphi technique is a tool developed at the Rand Corporation by Norman Dalkey and Olaf Helmer, which consists of surveying a group of experts iteratively and anonymously to obtain their criteria and proposals for a given topic, seeking to agree on the opinions and reaching a point of convergence, the technique has been used for various purposes, to name a few. Climent et al. (2014) Whose work aims to carry out a strategic diagnosis of insertion companies in Spain by using the Delphi method or questionnaire to experts, supported by analysis DAFO to obtain the qualitative technique already mentioned, To which he concluded that companies with low levels of training, both in general and in management, and that depend financially on public administrations, have positive expectations derived from the economic viability of the projects on which they are based and the growth possibilities. Sierra et al. (2012) He used the Delphi method of a quantitative-descriptive type to characterize the situation of the tourist development of the city of Maracaibo where they concluded that the recognition of tourism is a complementary and not a main economic activity, elaborating a plan of tourist development in which the value of its resources, quality of equipment and infrastructure are contemplated. Silva et al. (2002) in his research to assess the level of satisfaction of users of the paved road network in the State of Guanajuato, considered as an additional criterion to those already existing to make the decision on the investment strategy in road maintenance using the Delphi technique, selecting and ordering the significant variables and defining their importance weights, concluding that the user's opinion is an input of great importance for decision- making on conservation strategies and even agreement with the highway administration to apply the methodology used.