Due to the current lack of viable alternatives, garbage from the Cowichan Valley is transported via truck, barge and rail service to a super landfill in Washington State. An issue with the current long-distance transportation is the reliance on third-party, cross-border contractors, and increasing transportation interruptions due to the floods and fires associated with climate change. Ilse Sarady, the CVRD's senior manager of recycling and solid-waste management, said the CVRD's population is expected to continue to grow and change in coming years, and this decision will help reduce landfilling of organic waste material and also to reduce contamination of curbside recycling.