Hazardous Wastes are prohibited at all of Metro Vancouver’s waste facilities.

These wastes require special handling and disposal. For locations, search your local phone directory for Hazardous Materials Consultants or Environmental & Ecological Services.

Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste is defined as dangerous goods that are no longer used for their original purpose, and meet the criteria for Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 9 of the transportation of dangerous goods regulations.

Such materials include:

• PCB wastes; 
• waste containing dioxin; 
• waste oil; 
• waste asbestos;
• waste pest control product containers; 
• waste containing pest control products, including waste produced in the production of treated wood products;
• leachable toxic waste; 
• waste listed in Schedule 7 to Hazardous Waste Regulation B.C. Reg. 63/88; and 
• waste containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. 

Products and materials classified as ‘Hazardous Waste’ include goods that are:

• recycled, treated, abandoned, stored or disposed of; 
• intended for recycling, treatment or disposal; or
• in storage or transit before recycling, treatment or disposal.