In 1993 there was a massive closure of US landfill spaces and there have been hardly any landfills created since to take the growing number of waste volume. Even though recycling rates have increased, so has the rate of general waste.

Increased regulations in the permitting process has been the problem for a lack of new landfills, once landfills were just rubber stamped into creation, but now environmental science has identified the real threat to our water supplies and landfill were the cause.