摘要：Canadians produced nearly 1 tonne of solid waste per capita in 1988 (CCME 1989). This level of solid waste production places Canada among the largest producers of solid waste per capita in the world. Due to decreasing landfill capacity, and the increasing cost of solid waste disposal, the Conseil canadien des ministres de l'environnement (CCME) established a national objective to reduce solid waste disposal in landfills to 50% of 1988 levels by the year 2000. A variety of economic instruments may be used to reduce total amount of waste generated, and change the proportion of waste that is discarded, by encouraging recycling and composting as an alternative to dumping in landfills.
