Why doesn’t Canada dump its trash in its own country instead of over here?
When Ontario started trucking its trash to Michigan about 25 years ago, it was for economic reasons. Nowadays, it sends trash here because the province’s landfill capacity will not adequately service the huge amount of trash generated. Why doesn’t Ontario have enough landfill capacity to service its population? Ontario’s population increases at a high rate because Canada allows a lot of people to immigrate each year. It also has a strict, lengthy, and complicated process of allowing landfills to become operational. Ontario takes an average of 11 years to get a new landfill up and operating, as opposed to 3 years here. Does Ontario have plans on the drawing board that will reduce the amount of trash coming to Michigan? Ontario is continually increasing the amount of trash that is pre-sorted and then recycled, where it can be disposed of without having to put it in landfills. On the other hand, Ontario landfills are rapidly filling up, plus the total quantity of trash produced keeps risi
