CEC Launches Online Hazardous Waste Training

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced in September 2013, the launch of Hazardous Waste Online Training (available in English, French, Spanish, and Mandarin). The training resource:

• Explains what can be considered hazardous waste (battery waste, spent solvents, etc.);
• Identifies the international agreements that apply in North America;
• Outlines environmental import and export requirements for each of the three North American Free Trade agreement (NAFTA) signatories: Canada, Mexico and the United States; and 
• Includes a knowledge check to test the participant’s understanding of the information.

Since water and wastewater utilities handle some hazardous waste materials the trainng may be of interest to members.

Canadian Water and Wastewater Association