Donβt just throw old electronics in the trash
Simply throwing old electronics in the trash can be dangerous to your own personal safety, says Peter Dillon in a recent article by AdvocateDaily. Read the full article below. Donβt just throw old electronics in the trash: Dillon By Mia Clarke, Associate Editor If Santa left some of the latest electronic gadgets under your tree,...
Continue reading the post titled Donβt just throw old electronics in the trashMine or hauler: Who's responsible for Waste PCB Oil?
In Enviro West Inc. v. Copper Mountain Mining Corp. a waste hauler wasΒ hired to remove waste oil from a transformer at a mine. Despite several oral and written warnings, the hauler didn’t realize the oil was heavily contaminated with PCBs. As a result, the hauler mixed the PCBs with other oils, creating extensive PCB contamination...
Continue reading the post titled Mine or hauler: Who's responsible for Waste PCB Oil?Big wastewater fines
Town Line Processing Limited (TLP), a related company and their directors have been fined $159,375 for breaching a Provincial Officers Order to clean up their wastewater lagoons.
Continue reading the post titled Big wastewater finesClass actions for historic contamination
Class actions for historic contamination:Β Sydney Tar Ponds and Smith v. Inco The class action by neighbours of the notorious tar ponds in Sydney, Nova Scotia, is going ahead, although neighbours of Incoβs Port Colborne plant have lost theirs.Β
Continue reading the post titled Class actions for historic contaminationPollution, hot spots and environmental justice
Β Is it acceptable for legal pollution levels to be higher in some neighbourhoods than in others? In the US, pollution is often concentrated in areas of colour, including the famous Cancer Alley. Changing this is called βenvironmental justiceβ, and is an important priority for US EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.
Continue reading the post titled Pollution, hot spots and environmental justiceChanges to the Employment Standards Act, 2000
New ESA Poster Requirement The Ministry of Labour has released a new version (6.0) of its Employment Standards Poster, Employment Standards in Ontario. Posting The new version of the poster must be posted in each of an employerβs workplaces in a location where it is likely to come to the attention of employees (printed out...
Continue reading the post titled Changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000Expropriating contaminated land
When a municipality expropriates contaminated land, can it deduct the full cost of remediating the contamination from the amount paid to the reluctant seller?Β Surprisingly, the answer is still not clear.
Continue reading the post titled Expropriating contaminated landNew Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements – fair?
The City of Toronto is demanding that local industries sign a draconian new form of 2012 Waste Discharge Agreement, to come into force on January 1, 2012. Unfortunately, the proposed agreement could seriously prejudice any organization that signs it. For example, it gives the CityΒ the right to determine compliance without taking scientifically valid samples. As...
Continue reading the post titled New Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements – fair?How reliable are odour units?
345 Given that there are many steps in the process of attempting to calculate odour units which are problematic, and which contain so many points of bias and subjectivity, the Panel finds that the ultimate number or value coming out of an odour unit measurement cannot be relied upon as meaningful, particularly for the purposes of evaluating compliance with a mandatory term of a permit.
Continue reading the post titled How reliable are odour units?Recycler gets $112,000 fine and probation
Rancor Wood Recycling Inc. and Randy Corfield were fined a total of $112,000 for failing to comply with Ministry of the Environment orders and with theΒ certificate of approvalΒ for theirΒ glass and wood waste recycling site.
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