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s a surcharge rate of 1.9 per cent. That rate has remained consistent for the past three
years. The remaining 13,153 had banned materials in them, but were not dumped. Instead,
they were redirected for recycling.

The number and percentage of loads inspected is less than in 2017, when 220,624 (29 per
cent) were looked at, but slightly higher than the 180,530 (24 per cent) inspected in 2016.

25 per cent
Electronic waste, such as vacuums, microwaves, audio systems, televisions, computers
and printers, made up 25 per cent of the banned material found in trash loads that were
given surcharge notices in 2018. The percentage has declined over the past three years,
from 35 per cent in 2016, to 28 per cent in 2017.

Corrugated cardboard is the second most common banned item, and made up 19 per cent
of surcharge notices in 2018. That’s up from 10 per cent in 2016.

Mattresses, gypsum and clean wood accounted for 16 per cent, 10 per cent and six per
cent of surcharge notices in 2018, respectively. The clean wood disposal ban was relaxed
for three months at the waste-to-energy facility in early 2018 (along with food waste), and
then at all facilities at the end of the year because of some issues recycling construction
and demolition waste.

2,905 notices
Commercial customers were given the highest number of surcharge notices: 2,905 out of a
total of 3,554 notices. Cash customers received 356 notices and municipal one received
293. Seventeen surcharge notices were disputed in 2018, which is down significantly from
49 in 2017 and 78 in 2016. Those disputes were related to corrugated cardboard, expanded
polystyrene packaging, electronics, gypsum, clean wood, mattresses, paint and dusty loads.
Of the notices that were disputed, nine were rescinded.

$337,213
The total surcharge revenue collected in 2018 was $337,213, most of which came from
Metro Vancouver solid waste facilities and $17,533 from City of Vancouver facilities. Waste
Management of Canada paid the highest amount of surcharges last year, at $55,903,
though its hauler surcharge