Canada posts continuing decline in trans-boundary hazwaste shipments

摘要

Ottawa, ON-Environment Canada has released figures showing a continuing decline in transboundary shipments of hazardous wastes and hazardous recyclable materials. Figures for 2004 reveal that exports of hazardous wastes and recyclables fell by almost 13,000 tonnes over the previous year (4 percent), due in part to a decrease in the amount of used acids and bases sent for regeneration or reuse and a drop in the quantities of spent catalysts, solvents and metal-containing materials sent for recovery or recycling in the United States. Exports of hazardous recyclables originated from eight provinces, with Ontario and Quebec accounting for almost 64 percent of all shipments. Only Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island did not export any hazardous materials.