Waverley firm fined in electronic waste case
by Bill Power (Business Reporter), The Chronicle Herald (TheChronicleHerald.ca)
2 February 2011 – Trying to ship a load of old computer and electronics parts to China will cost a Waverley company a $10,000 fine.
N.W. Cole Associate Appraisers Ltd. pleaded guilty on Jan. 27 to violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, just weeks after landing in court on unrelated fraud charges.
Environment Canada said in a news release issued Monday that N.W. Cole Associate Appraisers was charged after a shipping container filled with the parts was intercepted at the Port of Halifax’s Halterm Terminal on July 23, 2009.
The company was charged on Jan. 10, 2010, with illegally exporting electronic waste to Hong Kong.
Exporting electronic waste was described as a violation of the Export and Import Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
The court ordered that $9,500 of the penalty should go to the Environmental Damages Fund for use in Nova Scotia.
A fine of $500 was to be paid to the court.
Nova Scotia’s Registry of Joint Stock Companies lists Stephen J. Cole as director and president of N.W. Cole Associate Appraisers.
A man who answered a call Tuesday at a number affiliated with the company said Cole was not working and was unavailable.
Cole also owns White Star Polymer Management and Recycling Services. The plastic recycling company is facing fraud-related charges after goods allegedly were not shipped to customers.
An Australian businessman claims to have paid White Star $52,000 to deliver some used plastic to China but maintains the shipment never arrived.
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