In keeping with its vision to advocate brownfields redevelopment, the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) co-ordinated a joint submission to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Ontario Provincial Ministers to indicate support for the principles of the legislative changes outlined in the Province of Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights...Read more

In the summer of 2006, the Government of Ontario awarded OCETA $1 million over a three year period through the Ontario Research and Commercialization Program (ORCP) to promote commercialization of publicly funded research. This complemented OCETA's existing mandate and extended support services from the beginning of the innovation chain to the achievement of successful commercialization...Read more

More than 1,200 stakeholders from all walks of life have been engaged in pollution prevention (P2) outreach activities during the last two years through the Ontario Trillium Foundation funded York Sustainability Program delivered by OCETA. P2 awareness generating stakeholder workshops have been a major component of the outreach activities...Read more

TRSP client saves $200,000 annually by optimizing cleaning processes

Through diversion and reuse of residual chemical and food materials, Prokleen Washing Services, a tanker truck cleaning facility in Oakville, Ontario, has vastly improved their wastewater treatment system, reducing hazardous wastes, process wastes, volatile organic compounds, methylene chloride and water consumption...Read more

In December 2006, OCETA became the sole owner and operator of aboutREMEDIATION. New content management software has been enabled to provide greater value to our website visitors, sponsors, and subscribers. OCETA will continue to enhance website features that highlight industry and government initiatives; increase knowledge by providing updates on news, upcoming events...Read more

Performance claims for technologies and products which claim to reduce engine emissions and fuel consumption are often not supported by adequate data. To address this issue, ETV Canada is convening a meeting of qualified experts from recognized testing organizations to help determine how vehicle engine technologies and products should be tested, the level of testing needed and other requirements...Read more

A successful workshop was held in Kathmandu, Nepal to explore how an environmental performance verification system could help address the arsenic problem in Nepal, as well as other issues related to water quality. Accordingly, as a result of the workshop, several recommendations were made...Read more

In the last edition of this newsletter, an overview was presented of OCETA's largest single initiative in South Asia: The Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification-Support to Arsenic Mitigation Project (BETV-SAM). In this edition, the focus will be on one facet of this project: institutional capacity-building...Read more