Dive summary:

• The provincial government in Ontario gets to decide the capacity of a new Waste Management-owned landfill, as the city says a capacity of 5 million cubic meters will suffice, but Waste Management is still pushing for the originally requested 6.5 million cubic meters.
• Residents are fighting against the proposal, taking issue with the amount of trash the city will be collecting and what side effects the landfill will introduce, such as smell and traffic to the surrounding area.
• The facility will also include a recycling and organics processing facility in an attempt to divert usable waste from the landfill.

From the article:

It's too big, too smelly, and will cause traffic headaches.

Those are the arguments put forward by the City Hall staff against a new west end landfill, but the company pitching the project insists it has its ducks in a row.

The provincial government gets to decide whether a new Carp Rd. landfill gets the go-ahead; the City gets to provide comments and staff is taking issue with the amount of trash that will be collected. ...