Assessing the current and future efficiency of OECD countries in municipal solid waste management

Pierre Rostan; Alexandra Rostan

Authors

Pierre Rostan American University of Iraq - Baghdad (AUIB) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-0214
Alexandra Rostan American University of Iraq - Baghdad (AUIB) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-1361

Keywords:

Municipal Solid Waste, OECD, forecasts, wavelet analysis, Burg model

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to assess the current and future efficiency of OECD countries in managing municipal solid waste. The methodology is twofold. To assess the current efficiency, the authors develop a ratio of municipal solid waste to GDP, assuming that producing more of goods and services, measured with GDP, means producing more municipal solid waste. Based on this ratio, results show that Turkey was the least efficient manager in municipal solid waste in 2020, followed by Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Greece. Norway was the most efficient manager in municipal solid waste in 2020 with the lowest ratio, followed by Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland, and Sweden. To assess future efficiency of OECD countries in managing municipal solid waste, 2100 projections of municipal solid waste are obtained by forecasting with wavelet analysis historical time series gathered by OECD from 35 countries excluding Australia, Canada, and Costa Rica for lack of data.

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