Klett said a prime example of this was a massive load of asbestos-containing drywall that was dumped on the side of No. 3 Road in Richmond in September.

He said that’s because asbestos-containing material can be, for example, in drywall in one place and not another — and that Singh’s samples were of material without asbestos.

In the meantime, drywall, including that containing asbestos, will be landfilled at CSRD facilities. According to the report, depositing waste asbestos in a landfill is authorized by the Ministry of ...

Drywall made before 1984 is more likely to contain asbestos in the joint compound. To avoid losing access to its recycler in Vancouver, the SCRD will need to find a way to separate the possibly ...

The Okanagan Forest Task Force had to call in specialists and get material tested for asbestos contamination after someone dumped about 420 kilograms of drywall debris up Postill Lake Road.

The cost to recycle drywall in the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is likely to increase by more than 240 per cent, in part because the SCRD has had to spend around $126,000 so far in 2021 to ...

The New Sudbury fire/paramedic station was built in 1974, and a municipal report cautioned contractors that all drywall joint compound should be ‘considered asbestos-containing’ ...

The issue with asbestos in the building is not new and is related to the building materials used at the time of the station’s construction in 1974. The renovation’s construction tender was ...