Dive summary: 

• After a costly increase over the past two years of residents of neighboring counties coming and using the Whitecourt Transfer Station and Landfill in Alberta without paying the proper fees, the landfill commission voted to adopt a tag system to identify residents.
• The system will officially begin on Jan. 1,2013, officials admit it will be a struggle to implement the system but say it will be worth it in the end.
• The landfill owner hasn't said how much exactly they expect to save with the new program, but Mayor Trevor Thain says he thinks the savings will be significant. 

From the article:

Due to a steady increase over the past two years in the number of non-residents claiming to be in the service area and using the Whitecourt Transfer Station and the Whitecourt Landfill, council decided at the last regular meeting on Oct. 9 to adopt the implementation of user tags.

here are no means in effect at the moment for staff to identify individuals from Whitecourt or Woodlands County.

The program will be phased in over the next few months and will officially begin on Jan. 1, 2013, once signage at the landfill and transfer station and user tags are in place. ...