A rare jail sentence
Jail is a possible penalty for many environmental offences (see s. 187 of the Environmental Protection Act), but is rarely imposed. It is usually reserved for those defiantly causing serious pollution. On September 1, 2010, Pierre Sleiman was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $5,000 plu…
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Ontario does send some environmental criminals to jail. Usually, they go there for breaching court orders, often to clean up contamination that they caused. A recent case is no exception. AAA Auto Parts Mechanics and Wrecking dumped 28,000 tires on a friend’s property. Despite repeated…
View the post titled Environmental criminals go to jail in OntarioUsed tires diversion plan
Waste Diversion Ontario has released its proposed diversion program for used tires. Public comments will be accepted until March 29. The plan targets a tire diversion rate of 90% for passenger tires and 50% for off-road tires by 2015, and promises to clean up existing stockpiles of tires in…
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