Authorities on Guam say there is a need for more rubbish tips despite a growing trend in recycling.
The solid waste management consultants, Gershman, Brickner and Bratton, say results from their latest quarterly report predicts the two existing cells of the two year old Layon landfill will be full by 2020 and there is a need to build an additional cell.
The administrator for the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, Eric Palacios says the EPA is reviewing a proposal to build a new dump in Guateli.
He says there is a thought at the back of many people's minds that Guam could run out of space to contain its rubbish.
"The current administration, we are extremely committed to finding ways to reduce the island's waste stream and divert as much as we possibly can from going into the landfill with increased recycling efforts."
Eric Palacios says about 28 percent of the population is recycling but he hopes this will reach 70 percent within ten years.
