Nasty smell, view, contamination of soil and water, air pollution, gas emission, disease propagation, gatherings insects/animals and nearing to residential and other industrial and commercial sectors are chief negative points for the present Erbil Landfill Site [ELS]. Consequently, closing this municipal solid waste [MSW] burring location and opening a new site is essential for Erbil City. The current research aimed to study the existing ELS, and the selection of the best sustainable site for a new ELS using remote sensing [RS], geographic information system [GIS], and analytical hierarchy process [AHP] methods. A number of parameters such as urban, roads, distance to stream, slope, oil field and elevation were studied for assortment the optimum location for new ELS. Lastly, an appropriate site was selected using aforementioned parameters via applying RS, GIS and AHP techniques.