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The management of industrial solid waste demands the establishment of suitable management systems. Such systems must take into consideration multiple factors that allow selecting the most adequate treatment techniques among the ones available. The selection of these techniques is a complex process that not only depends on factors inherent to the treatment or the waste itself, but also on other factors. For this reason, this study analyses the influence of location on the management of an industrial solid waste such as LD sludge. Firstly, we used a methodology developed in a previous part of this study, that can identify six treatment solutions, then, a set of environmental, regulatory and socioeconomic indicators are chosen. Going a step further in this investigation, proves through the application of the methodology in five different locations, that environmental characteristics influence the final treatment solution for the same waste. According to this, two sets of groups can be identified for the best treatment solution: one in which the highest score is 1 A Ceramization and another in which the final result is 1 B Vitrification.