Global plastic waste framework legalized

Geneva – More than 185 governments – including Canada, but not the United States – this week amended the Basel Convention to include plastic…

Environmental groups ask for wipes investigation

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…

Steel recycler fined in worker injury

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…

GFL Environmental fined $300,000 for environmental violation

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…

Ontario company director jailed for PCB violations

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…

Canada Fibers Ltd seeks damages from City of Hamilton

TORONTO – Canada Fibers Ltd. (CFL) has filed a statement of claim with the Superior Court of Ontario asserting damages arising from breach of contract by the…

Company fined $240,000 for violating PCB rules

MONTRÉAL – On July 31, 2018, C.M. Security Holding Ltd. pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the PCB Regulations and one count of failing to comply with an environmental protection…

Mintech Marketing convicted in worker’s death

Mintech Marketing Inc., based in Campbellford, Ontario, collects and resells post-production plastic and other waste products. The company pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000. The court also imposed a 25-per-cent…