Transnational recycling of waste is a common phenomenon and can have significant environmental and economic impacts on both exporting and importing countries. However, current studies mainly focused on the management of transnational waste recycling in waste-importing countries, and less attention has been paid to issues related to waste-exporting countries. Using Australian export waste data as an example, combining geospatial analysis methods, this study innovatively analyzes the transnational recycling of waste from the perspective of waste exporting countries. The results show that exported waste, assumed to be recycled in the Australian waste statistics, is not fully recycled by waste-importing countries. This study also combines regression analysis to identify factors associated with the destination of waste exports. The results indicate that there is no statistically significant relationship between environmental factors and the location of the destination when exporting waste. Besides, due to the lack of data, waste-exporting countries do not understand the fate of their exported waste and therefore cannot make choices based on the associated environmental impacts. It is recommended that waste-exporting and -importing countries work together to track data so that environmental impacts of exported waste can be better understood.

废物的跨国回收是一种普遍现象，会对出口国和进口国产生重大的环境和经济影响。然而，目前的研究主要集中在废物进口国的跨国废物回收管理上，对废物出口国相关问题的关注较少。本研究以澳大利亚出口废弃物数据为例，结合地理空间分析方法，创新性地从废弃物出口国的角度分析废弃物的跨国回收。结果表明，在澳大利亚废物统计中假设被回收的出口废物并未被废物进口国完全回收。本研究还结合回归分析来确定与废物出口目的地相关的因素。结果表明，在出口废物时，环境因素与目的地位置之间没有统计学上的显着关系。此外，由于缺乏数据，废物出口国不了解其出口废物的去向，因此无法根据相关的环境影响做出选择。建议废物出口国和进口国共同努力追踪数据，以便更好地了解出口废物对环境的影响。