Where our waste is dumped is an important issue. The state of
Pennsylvania has the most out of state municipal solid waste (MSW). It
gets it from New York.

If it is not state to state then it is county to county. In Polk County,
our landfill was planning to generate so much revenue from fees for our
landfill. These fees were to cover the cost of curbside recycling in all
of  Polk Co. Then landfills in other counties started charging a
competitive rate and the revenue from the landfill in Polk Co was
reduced. The agency that managed the landfill in Polk Co. had to reduce
their support of curbside recycling in Polk Co.

Sierra Club policy is that waste should be reduced, reused, and then
recycled. The disposal of the waste should occur as close to the
generation site as possible. Most of the time, when there is hauling
waste ( MSW, hazdarous, or nuclear) out of a community we are against
it. A regional site with goals and plans that have a benefit that could
not be accomplished with a local site are the acception. The best
example is a regional hazardous waste site. We don't have a hazardous
waste site in Iowa. Should we have one ? Do the sites in Minnesota,
Illinios or Kentucky that accept waste for Iowa do the job ?

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