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The first problem is the cost. The cost today is $10,000 Per Pound to send anything into space. SpaceX says they will be able to bring the cost down to about $1000 per pound, and both of these are just to earth orbit. To get it to the moon would cost alot more.
Next is the risk factor. An accident during lift off would send all that pollution, nuclear and otherwise, right into the air.
Assuming you could get it to the moon, it would still have to be buried. This would require the usual tools, manpower or robot power, etc. Leaving it on the surface might not be a good idea as the contains would have to withstand direct sunlight and all kinds of radiation that the earth's atmosphere normally protects us from.
The idea of polluting another world is a depressing thought at best and any projects towards the idea would surely be met with lots of criticism. Is the moon ours to do with as we wish?
Then again, maybe there is a case for this. Someone might start a business offering to dispose of your waste on the Moon and take care of freight, burial and transportation costs, all for a fee of course. Perhaps while digging, the moon could also be mined for minerals and other as yet undiscovered resources that would make garbage disposal a viable and profitable idea for the right entrepreneur.
I would love to see solar panels on the moon. They could collect solar energy, transfer it to microwave energy, beam it to earth where receivers would turn it back into electricity. Not sure how good an idea that is, but I think it would be a better use for the moon than making it our new garbage can.
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