Legal Keurig faces $3m fine over recycling claims January 7, 2022 Made misleading claims about the recyclability of its single-use K-Cup pods
Legal Acciona claims Vancouver didn’t pay bills in spat over water plant October 18, 2021 The Metro Vancouver regional district says it has cancelled its contract with Acciona Canada to build a wastewater treatment plant in North Vancouver, but the contractor says it is still working on the project
Compost Quebec municipality fined for illegal effluent discharge December 11, 2020 SHERBROOKE, Quebec – On December 10, 2020, the Régie intermunicipale du centre de valorisation des matières résiduelles du Haut-Saint-François et de Sherbrooke, also known as Valoris, pleaded guilty in…
Hazardous Materials U.S. EPA fines Wisconsin company for hazardous waste violation July 6, 2020 FRANKLIN, Wisconsin – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a settlement with Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. (WMWI) that will include enhanced monitoring for hazardous waste near the…
Legal Competition Bureau investigating ‘flushable’ wipes August 29, 2019 OTTAWA – Canada’s Competition Bureau has started an inquiry on alleged false and misleading advertising on 23 so-called “flushable” wipes. With regard to the Section 9 application filed with the…
Legal Global plastic waste framework legalized May 13, 2019 Geneva – More than 185 governments – including Canada, but not the United States – this week amended the Basel Convention to include plastic…
Legal Environmental groups ask for wipes investigation May 1, 2019 OTTAWA – Friends of the Earth Canada, represented by Ecojustice, has filed an application seeking an investigation by the Competition Bureau into false and misleading claims made by the manufacturers…
Health and Safety Steel recycler fined in worker injury March 25, 2019 WINDSOR, Ont. – K-Scrap Resources Ltd., a steel recycling company in Windsor, Ontario pleaded guilty and was fined $55,000 after a worker was injured. The K-Scrap facility is divided into…
Environment GFL Environmental fined $300,000 for environmental violation December 12, 2018 OSHAWA, Ont. – On December 10, 2018, GFL Environmental Inc. was sentenced after pleading guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to violating federal environmental legislation. The company was…
Legal Ontario company director jailed for PCB violations August 27, 2018 BRAMPTON, Ontario – On August 21, 2018, Collingwood Prime Realty Holdings Corp. and its director, Issa El-Hinn, were sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice for offences under…
