Mississauga says landowners were told of the origin of the street sweepings and provided with the results of its testing. Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has accused the city of inadequate testing before sending its street sweepings as free sandy fill to an estimated 47 sites, including a campground and several farms. City records provided to the province show only that hundreds of loads of street sweepings were delivered to recipients such as “Private Landowner,” “Newfie” or somewhere in Acton. The city says the landowners were told of the origin of the street sweepings and provided with the results of its testing. Provincial inspectors visited other sites and found seven landowners who said they didn’t understand the material was street sweepings, the ministry report said.

Source: thestar April 02, 2017 20:23 UTC