Too vast to comprehend, the volume of waste generated by Australia will soon also be beyond its capacity to deal with.

Across the nation, more than 22 million tonnes of rubbish has been sent to landfill in the past year alone.

Nearly half Queensland's refuse went straight to the tip, while in Western Australia 2.6 million tonnes of discarded goods were similarly dumped.

Every capital city is facing landfill strain or failure.

Melbourne's issue has reached a point whereby the pressure has prompted Victoria to rush to incineration, with 11 waste-to-energy plants approved.

The epicentre of Australia's garbage problem, Sydney, is on track to run out of landfill space within five years.

It's a timebomb that demands government mandates to push manufacturers and consumers further towards no

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