title: Learning through a loophole.
abstract: 'Not in my back yard' hasbecome a catchphrase todescribe local reluctance toaccept a factory, housingestate or other developmentas a neighbour. Aparticularly unwelcomeaddition to manycommunities is a landfillsite. Holes in the ground -usually old quarries - are thedestination ol over 80 percent of Britain's solid waste. Time-honoured as themethod is, public hostilityto new plans for landfillingis understandable.