March 11, 2009

Lack Of Export Permit Results In Contribution of $40,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund

BRAMPTON, Ontario -- Arlen Recycling Incorporated of Toronto and Douglas Donald of Toronto each pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to one count of exporting hazardous waste without a permit, a violation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Materials Regulations. Arlen Recycling Incorporated received a conditional discharge, with the condition being a payment of $40,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund within the next two years. Arlen Recycling Incorporated will also be audited, by an independent auditor, during those two years for any environmental deficiencies under ISO 14001. Mr. Donald received a three-month suspended sentence.

On February 15, 2006, Mr. Donald’s business, Instore Products-Sanitice, made a declaration to the Canada Border Services Agency in Vancouver in relation to containers described as 34,473 kilograms of plastic scrap for export to Hong Kong. The containers were examined on March 8, 2006, by Border Service Officers and an Environment Canada enforcement officer. It was determined that they consisted of 2,179 used computer monitors with cathode ray tubes. These goods are considered by Hong Kong to be hazardous waste and therefore require an export permit to be issued.