Canada Updates Cross-Border Hazardous-Waste Rules: Permit Timing Is Now Explicit, Basel Ban Provision Awaits a Later Trigger
Canada has amended its cross-border hazardous-waste and hazardous-recyclable-material rules to clarify that required export permits must be in place before a shipment begins moving, refine waste-related provisions, and prepare for implementation of the Basel Ban Amendment. The new export prohibition to non-Annex VII countries has a separate delayed commencement tied to Canada's ratification of the Ban Amendment.