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  • Mismanaged municipal solid waste (MSW) in Global South cities causes pollution and climate issues.
  • A lack of comprehensive data has hindered understanding of MSW management performance.
  • Socioeconomic factors are hypothesized to significantly impact MSW management outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the first quality-assured global dataset on MSW management performance indicators (WABI).
  • To quantitatively test the hypothesis linking socioeconomic development to MSW management performance.
  • To establish a baseline for SDG 11.6.1 and explore factors beyond basic service coverage.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Wasteaware Cities Benchmark Indicators (WABI) dataset.
  • Applied machine learning (random forest) and non-linear regression.
  • Correlated MSW performance with socioeconomic variables like GDP per capita, SPI, and CPI.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed a strong correlation between socioeconomic development indices and MSW management performance.
  • Established baseline controlled recovery and disposal rates across income levels (45% low-income to 100% high-income).
  • Service quality improvements often lag behind coverage expansion, and business-as-usual development increases waste generation.

Conclusions:

  • Socioeconomic development is a key driver of MSW management performance.
  • Low- and middle-income cities show progress but need to overcome systemic failures for better performance.
  • Decoupling waste generation from development requires new policies to avoid increased per capita waste.