It’s incomplete in that it only considers direct imports/exports of waste. It can be argued that rich countries have exported manufacturing and resource extract

It’s incomplete in that it only considers direct imports/exports of waste. It can be argued that rich countries have exported manufacturing and resource extraction to poor countries as well, generating waste that wouldn’t be accounted for in this analysis. (Such as: We know that fishermen from poor countries create a lot of ocean plastic waste, but how much of that is generated to sell fish to rich countries). Understanding how much waste is generated by each country’s consumption would paint a more complete picture. Of course supporting that argument also isn’t clear cut in a way where just stating it outright makes sense, and the article does indeed do a good job of showing that direct waste exports are not really a major contributing issue.