Any person, partnership or company in B.C. that produces, stores, treats, recycles or discharges more than a prescribed quantity of hazardous waste must register with the ministry director within 30 days by completing a registration form and applying for a Provincial Identification Number.
See Section 43 of the Hazardous Waste Regulation (HWR).
There are 3 hazardous waste registration types:
1). Generator applies to hazardous waste:
Provincial ID numbers issued to hazardous waste generators begin with BCG.
2). Return collection facility, return to retail collection facility or consolidation site facility applies to moderate risk waste and other hazardous waste from residential sources:
Provincial ID numbers issued to these facilities begin with BCG.
3). Storage, treatment, recycling or disposal facility (Registered Site) applies to hazardous waste:
Provincial ID numbers issued to a hazardous waste Registered Site begins with RS.
Generator and Registered Site registrations (1 and 3 above) are based on the specific quantity of hazardous waste listed in Schedule 6 of the HWR. This schedule does not apply to return collection facility (type 2 above) registrations.
Return collection facilities receiving hazardous waste that's not moderate risk waste, e-waste or other hazardous waste from residential sources must register as a Registered Site.
All 3 types of hazardous waste registrations are specific to:
An owner of a property who leases that property to a person who generates, stores, receives, treats, recycles or disposes of hazardous waste on or at that property may become liable for the cleanup of and costs associated with the cleanup of that hazardous waste and any contamination of the land that results from the presence of hazardous waste.
The registration process documents how the owner of waste (for example, property owner) identified it as being hazardous and the steps taken to manage it or to remove the waste from its current location.
The process allows you to register and store your hazardous waste at the generation location.
Who should register hazardous wastes as a generator:
Who should not register hazardous wastes as a generator:
Register Your Hazardous Waste Online
Information required to complete registration forms
Some of the information you'll be required to provide is:
Supporting documents to complete registration forms
Update an existing registration
Registration information for hazardous waste generators and facilities must be kept up to date.
Please update your registration if any of the following has changed:
To update an existing registration, complete the Generator Registration Update form:
Update an existing registration
Submit the registration form with updated information within 30 days of any changes.
Note that this form is not to be used for Registered Sites registration.
The requirements for return collection facilities, return to retail collection facilities and consolidation site facilities for moderate risk waste and other hazardous waste from residential sources in Part 6 and 6.1 of the HWR apply to these facilities.
Register a Return Collection Facility
To update an existing registration, complete the Generator Registration Update form:
Update an existing registration
To apply for this type of registration, follow the complex process for a Waste Discharge Authorization.
It's very important to review the information provided in the Waste Discharge Authorization section before applying to ensure all the required information is submitted for review. An application can be tracked throughout the process.
To register, use the Registered Site Preliminary Application and Registration Form EPD-HWR-01 (PDF, 420KB).
Registering a site also requires the following documents:
Guidance documents are available to assist in preparing your submission. They also support the transparent, fair and consistent review of the submissions by government staff.
Visit the waste discharge authorization application page to view the HWR guidance on Registered Site registration.
Where a change from a requirement of the regulation is required, use Registered Site Change in Requirements (Section 51) Application Form EPD-HWR-03 (PDF, 182KB).
Completed site registration forms and supporting documents should be submitted to:
Preferred email
Email: PermitAdministration.VictoriaEPD@gov.bc.ca
The ministry encourages and prefers electronic submissions for applications.
Victoria Permit Administration
Business Services Team
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
PO BOX 9377 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 9M6
Courier
Victoria Permit Administration
Business Services Team
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
3rd Floor, 525 Superior Street
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 0C5
Register Your Hazardous Waste Online
This is for new generator registrations only.
Edits to existing registrations is a separate process described on this page.