"Cross-border trash to be curbed by 2010; Deadline for PAPS switch kicks-in for waste truckers", 9/1/2006. 350 truckloads enter the U.S. daily from Detroit-Windsor and Port Huron-Sarnia border points, and end up in Michigan landfills. "Many Michigan residents have long complained Michigan-bound trucks carrying Toronto's trash clogs roadways and raises security concerns at border crossings." Shipments are to reduce 20 percent by end of 07, 40 percent by 08, and eliminated by 2010. The catch- the deal does not include industrial and commercial waste that accounts for over half of the 4 million metric tons of Canadian trash that enters Michigan annually.
Canadian trash made up 19% of all trash dumped in state landfills in 2005.
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