The Carp dump is running out of space for garbage.
The company that owns the contentious garbage site now wants to cap the amount of garbage it takes in.
The dump's owner says he hopes to cut the garbage intake by one third - the same amount of household waste the dump takes in.
"There's not really a plan to say how do we reduce this," Gilles Chasles who is an opponent of the Carp dump told CTV News.
Chasles says cutting back on garbage intake at the Carp dump will put pressure on the four other dumps in the city.
The city official in charge of how the city handles and distributes its waste says he's confident local dumps will be able to handle the increased loads.
"Our Trail Road site has a number of years left so we're still in good shape there," said Albert Shamess. "We have other landfills within the city, so I don't see us trucking to New York State at this point."
Although Ottawa currently has room in its other dumps, city councillor Shad Qadri says city officials are working on a plan to better manage and ultimately reduce the amount of garbage Ottawa produces.
"It is definitely an issue that is going to affect our communities for a long, long time if we don't get it right this time," said Qadri.
Coun. Peter Hume told CTV News Ottawa hopes to eventually divert 70 per cent of its waste from area landfills.
Hume says one way to do that is putting emphasis on technology.
"It's not a crisis yet but if we're not careful in five to 10 years it will be," said Hume.
With a report from CTV's Chris Day
