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Hazardous waste resources

Last updated on August 5, 2026

Learn more about the requirements for plans requiring approval under the Hazardous Waste Regulation.

Guidance documents

Guidance documents were created to aid hazardous waste generators, management facilities, consultants, and others to manage their financial security and hazardous waste above the generator registration quantity (Schedule 6). 

Disclaimer

The Environmental Management Act, regulations, and other legislation take precedence.

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Additional registration and authorizations guidance

How to apply for a waste discharge authorization contains templates and guidance for registration, the application process, and preparation of documents for approval as required under the Hazardous Waste Regulation for both BC Generator or Registered Sites.

 

Manual for Completing B.C.'s Hazardous Waste Manifests and Supplementary Forms

This manual assists consignors, carriers, and consignees in completing and distributing the B.C. Hazardous Waste Manifest and supplementary forms:

 

Empty containers

This guide explains how to empty containers of hazardous waste and managing containers once empty.

The Hazardous Waste Regulation does not include a definition of 'empty container,' or any specific provisions regarding their management, with the exception of pesticide and PCB containers.

Please review the following guide for clarity on these aspects:

 

Hazardous Waste Legislation Guide

This guide provides an overview of the province’s requirements for handling and managing hazardous waste:

This also explains how laws in B.C. apply to generators, carriers, and receivers of hazardous waste.

 

Factsheet for Industrial Camps: Waste Authorizations and Best Practices

This guide explains how to manage hazardous waste from camps established to house workers.

Examples include:

  • Industrial
  • Oil and gas
  • Mining or construction operations

The emphasis is on authorizations required by the B.C. government.

Further guidance is provided for best management practices when authorization is not required:

 

Factsheet for Invert Sites: Delist and Deregistration

Learn more about delisting and deregistration of hydrocarbon contaminated drill cuttings (inverts):

 

Local Government Factsheet for Hazardous Waste

Local governments can learn about their regulatory responsibilities as generators, transporters, and/or receivers of hazardous waste:

 

Factsheet: Manifest and Licence to Transport Requirements for the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector

 

Guidance for Managing Construction and Demolition Wastes Containing Lead

This guide explains how to manage waste arising from construction and demolition activities that may be characterized as regulated hazardous waste, including cleaning, due to the presence of lead in a coating applied to the surface of the construction material or in the material itself.

Learn more about managing construction and demolition waste:

Please be advised that:

  • The owner of the waste is responsible for characterizing it accurately and in accordance with the Hazardous Waste Regulation
    • If the owner of the waste does not have the qualifications to make a waste determination, the services of an environmental consultant or a qualified professional should be used
  • A person must not mix or dilute hazardous waste with any solid or liquid (including waste, water or rainwater), or otherwise, take action by dividing a hazardous waste to evade this regulation
 

Guidance for Preparing Contingency Plans for Carriers of Hazardous Waste

The purpose of these guidelines is to promote the development of comprehensive and consistent emergency response plans by the transportation industry in cooperation with the federal, provincial and local governments.

Users have the responsibility of judging the suitability of the guidelines according to their specific situation:

 

Factsheet for Waste Batteries

This guide explains how to determine whether a waste battery is hazardous waste.

Requirements for end-of-life management is also highlighted:

 

Product list

Products are available for purchase via specific organizations.

Item Price (excluding taxes) Stock #
Distribution Centre (Victoria) - to order from DCV, you must call to place an order, and quote the stock #.
Manifest Form Continuous $7,000 (box of 500) 7530821000
Manifest Form Pad $350 (pad of 25) 7530821001
Multiple Carriers Supplement Form $50 (pad of 25) 7530821003
Multiple Consignors Supplement Form $50 (pad of 25) 7530821004
Multiple Different Wastes Supplement Form $50 (pad of 25) 7530821005
Single Manifest Form $14 (Only available in person at 4234 Glanford Ave, Victoria BC) 7530821007

FrontCounter BC: To order from FrontCounter BC, check the website for the nearest location.

If there's no convenient location, contact the nearest office to request a manifest to be mailed to you.

Pre-paid shipment and mail costs incurred by the client, registered mail, or courier only.
 Single Manifest Form

$14 (no refund transactions)

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Provincial program staff: To obtain each item, please refer to contact provide below.

Generator Registration Data will provide information on all active registered generators in B.C. (for example: address, waste type, quantity, and so on).

Send your order with detailed billing information to:

 $100 G1

Manifest Data is a copy of all manifest information that has been received and entered into the Hazardous Waste Program database for the 1999 to 2014 calendar years.

Send your order with detailed billing information and calendar year(s) to:

 $100 (price per the calendar year) M4