The disposal industry pays more to meet new regulatory demands. Cost increases are passed on to the hauler, who passes them on to the public. If a disposal method pollutes, it is not a solution but only an addition to the problem. Its only by-products are carbon dioxide and water vapor, neither of which is a pollutant. Even the water used to clean the facility is recycled for use in the composting system.
Nothing is discharged into rivers or a community's sewers.
The only sure thing about the cost of disposal by traditional means is that it will rise unpredictably. With many methods no longer able to comply with government regulation, communities are finding it difficult to budget future costs. A costly solution is only another kind of waste disposal problem. It does not have to be this way. Depending on the degree of financial participation, a community may eliminate totally the cost of waste materials disposal.