News from GMA News July 14, 2015 - 02:32 PM Article Highlights: No domestic law in Canada can compel a shipper to return container vans of trash back to where these came from, a report on GMA News TV's Balitanghali on Tuesday said, citing the Canadian Embassy in Manila. "Canada is reviewing its regulations with a view to strengthening controls related to waste and mixed household recyclable materials collected from households," the embassy said in a statement. Starting in June 2013, the Bureau of Customs intercepted shipments of waste material at the port of Manila. The Canadian Embassy also said that the trash from Canada is non-toxic, citing official findings on the part of the Philippine government. Since the shipments of trash are now the subject of legal proceedings in the Philippines, the Canadian Embassy said it will no longer comment on the matter. http://www.minibalita.com/reader/7405/1/Canadian-law-does-not-cover-return-of-garbage-%25E2%2580%2593-embassy No domestic law in Canada can compel a shipper to return container vans of trash back to where these came from, a report on GMA News TV's Balitanghali on Tuesday said, citing the Canadian Embassy in Manila. However, there is a compelling reason for Canada to take a look at its laws on waste management and shipment in light of the latest controversy of dumping by a Canadian firm. "Canada is reviewing its regulations with a view to strengthening controls related to waste and mixed household recyclable materials collected from households," the embassy said in a statement. "Currently there are no domestic laws which the government of Canada could apply in this case to compel the shipper to return his containers of mixed household recyclables to Canada," the statement read. The embassy issued the statement after the Philippine government decided to dump some of trash in a sanitary landfill in Tarlac. Starting in June 2013, the Bureau of Customs intercepted shipments of waste material at the port of Manila. A total of 50 container vans, carrying trash from Canada, were intercepted by the bureau. Canadian exporter Chronic Inc. misdeclared the shipments as "assorted scrap plastic materials for recycling." This year, another 48 container vans of waste from Canada arrived in the Philippines. This brought the number of containers vans to 98. In a separate interview with GMA News Online, Ricardo Laxamana, marketing director of Metro Clark Waste Management Corp., said 26 container vans – out of the 98 – were dumped in the Clark Integrated Waste Management Facility. The Canadian Embassy also said that the trash from Canada is non-toxic, citing official findings on the part of the Philippine government. "The government of Canada notes that the Philippines' Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources determined that the material shipped was neither hazardous nor toxic," it said. Since the shipments of trash are now the subject of legal proceedings in the Philippines, the Canadian Embassy said it will no longer comment on the matter. – VS, GMA News - See more at: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/521806/news/nation/canadian-law-does-not-cover-return-of-garbage-embassy#sthash.QdcFkXVB.dpuf More from: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/521806/news/nation/canadian-law-does-not-cover-return-of-garbage-embassy