When you talk to municipalities, it's very fascinating. I've talked to many. They come up with the strangest reasons for not doing this. I have turned that into a presentation I call the fear of change. Why are bureaucrats afraid of it? Why are politicians afraid of it? Why is the public afraid of it? To summarize, basically the bureaucrat is afraid to recommend this because he'll lose his job if it doesn't work. A politician is afraid to do it because he might not get elected if he promotes a lemon and, of course, the public for the most part don't understand and can easily become frightened by some new approach. As a result we stay with the same old way of doing things.
I guarantee that landfills are ticking time bombs and will come back to haunt us in Canada. We're very young, but in older places such as Europe, they are a nightmare to deal with. The cost is beyond all. You can't imagine what some municipalities are being sued for.