Rancor Wood Recycling Inc. and Randy Corfield were fined a total of $112,000 for failing to
comply with Ministry of the Environment orders and with the certificate of approval for their glass and
wood waste recycling site.
Rancor operates a waste wood and glass recycling facility in
Belleville; Mr. Corfield is its director. In 2009, the ministry
ordered the recyclers to reduce the amount of waste stored at the
facility. They had approximately 120,000 tonnes of waste on site,
although the recyclers were only approved to store 1,800 tonnes.
This is the sort of overcrowding that, in the past, has led to some
catastrophic fires.
Rancor did not comply with the order by the specified date. In
fact, Rancor continued to accept waste when the approval required
the company to cease accepting waste until some waste was removed.
In 2010, the ministry issued another order requiring the company
and Mr. Corfield to submit written confirmation that a qualified
person had been
