Since the 1990s, waste policies of the South Korean government have focused on resource recycling societies that reduce the amount of waste landfill and increase the amount of waste recycling. In South Korea, the implementation of various environmental policies and efforts has led to the highest recycling rate in the world; however, after 2011, the recycling rate of household waste has been stagnant. Therefore, to convert such waste disposal problems into a resource recycling socioeconomic regime conforming to the national policy, establishing a tool to evaluate the appropriate management policy of household waste is necessary. In this study, a waste management evaluation index was developed and applied to identify and evaluate trends in the waste disposal methods. For the evaluation index, we considered two points of evaluation, i.e., “waste recycling increases and waste landfill decreases” and “the current waste recycling rate is taken into consideration.”. The data of waste disposal of 2007, 2012 and 2015 in 16 municipalities was used. The results shows that the highest absolute index was (+)28 in Chungbuk, whereas the lowest was analyzed as (-)10 in Daegu. Moreover, the cities with high recycling rates and low landfill rates were Seoul and Busan, while Jeonnam had the low recycling rate and the high landfill rate. Furthermore, Chungnam and Chungbuk were very likely to develop further, whereas Daegu and Incheon had a very low possibility of development. This waste management evaluation index and method can be one important tool and approach and can support more sustainable and resource recycling socioeconomic.