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March 2, 2010

Company fined for export of hazardous waste without a permit

An Ontario corporation was fined $15,000 for apparently attempting to export hazardous waste without a permit. The case is a reminder to all traders of the importance and complexity of compliance.

Following the discovery of 39 skids of miscellaneous plastic and electronic scrap in a Port of Vancouver shipment destined for Hong Kong, Environment Canada opened an investigation into suspected violations of exporting hazardous waste without a permit.

Of the discovered material, there were approximately 30 skids of broken and non-working computer monitors containing cathode-ray tubes.

The exporter pleaded guilty to exporting hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material without a permit, contrary to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

For more information on the Act, please visit: www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry.