Solvents and Flammable Liquids, Gasoline and Pesticides
Regulatory History
Effective October 1997, the Post-Consumer Residual Stewardship Program Regulation required producers and consumers of solvents / flammable liquids, domestic pesticides, and gasoline to take responsibility for the management of their leftovers or wastes. To comply with this regulation, producers of these products developed province-wide collection depots.
With the enactment of the Environmental Management Act (EMA) on July 8, 2004, EMA combined the Waste Management Act and Environment Management Act to create a single statute governing environmental protection and management in British Columbia. The new act incorporated provisions allowing for the development of innovative and modern regulatory regimes. Once such regime is the Recycling Regulation (BC Reg. 449/04).
The Recycling Regulation was enacted in October 2004 and replaced the Post-Consumer Residual Stewardship Program Regulation. As such, the Recycling Regulation provides the statutory basis for the existing residual products stewardship program, as well as provides a legal framework for establishing new programs. Solvent / flammable liquids, pesticide and gasoline product categories are defined under Residual Product Categories in Schedule 2 of the Recycling Regulation.
Dumped propane bottles in the forest.
Leftover or unused gasoline is
accepted by Prosuct Care Association.
Solvents and Flammable Liquids, Gasoline and Pesticides
