In addition to the environmental, health, and social justice issues that surround solid waste dumps, there are a host of other pressing concerns. One is that the dumps are rapidly filling up.
Furthermore, people don't want them, and communities have become more effective in blocking the construction of new waste disposal facilities for both industrial and municipal wastes. NIMBY issues ("not in my back yard") have been prime organizing issues for grassroots environmental activists. Governments and industries responded by seeking to reduce the volume of the solid waste stream by