Dallon Leger from Yorkton, Sask. says he collected more than 1.8 million kilograms of used grain bags over the past few years
Leger explained his lawyer advised him to plead guilty because it wouldn’t have been a winning fight.“How can you charge me under the environmental act, find me guilty of anything, when I did no harm to the environment? That says a lot,” he said. “I felt I did something good.”
Cleanfarms is the only approved product stewardship program in Saskatchewan, which means grain bag sellers must work with Cleanfarms or get their own program rubber-stamped if they want to participate. Leger didn’t remit environmental handling fees to Cleanfarms when he sold bags, arguing he didn’t need to because his company did all the work in partnership with the American recycler.
However, Leger said he tried to work with the provincial government but was told the province was not interested in another operator.
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