A common comparison on walking the streets of developed versus developing economies is witnessing garbage in the streets. This is observed in the South Asian and African regions due to weak and inadequate municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices (Munyai & Nunu, 2020). The global MSW generation is expected to reach 3.4 billion tons per year by 2050 (a 50% increase from the current levels) and 53% of this growth is likely to come from developing economies (Tiseo, 2022).
The collectivist national culture of most developing economies holds the key to establishing sustainable MSWM. Looking after one another, being collective, thoughtful, and striving for win-win solutions for all involved should be incorporated as part of the strategies for all stages of MSWM from collection to processing. Examples of these strategies which can be adopted by
