Soil Disposal

Soils Concentration Limits

Ecowaste accepts soil that meets B.C. Contaminated Sites Regulation (BC CSR) industrial grade limits (RL+/IL-). Soil exceeding industrial grade limits (IL+/HW-) is not accepted. All limits are expressed as µg/g on a dry weight basis (µg/g = mg/kg = ppm). Please note the limit for any parameter below with a pH notation is dependent on the pH of the soil.

For contaminants not listed in the tables below, please refer to BC CSR Schedule 3.1.

Last updated June 4, 2020.

Metals

Metals	Ecowaste Standards (CSR IL-)
Antimony	40
Arsenic	10
Barium	350
Beryllium (pH)	1 – 350
Boron	1000000
Cadmium (pH)	1 – 50
Chromium	60
Cobalt	25
Copper (pH)	75 – 300
Lead (pH)	120 – 1000
Lithium	450
Manganese	2000
Mercury	75
Molybdenum	15
Nickel (pH)	70 – 250
Selenium	1
Silver	40
Strontium	150000
Thallium	25
Tin	300
Uranium	30
Vanadium	100
Zinc (pH)	150 – 450

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)	Ecowaste Standards (CSR IL-)
Benzene	0.035
Ethylbenzene	15
Toluene	0.5
Styrene	50
Xylenes	6.5
VPH	200
Chlorobenzene	10
1,2-dichlorobenzene	10
1,3-dichlorobenzene	10
1,4-dichlorobenzene	10
Tetrachloroethylene (PERC)	2.5
Trichloroethylene (TCE)	0.3

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)	Ecowaste Standards (CSR IL-)
Acenaphthene	15000
Acenaphthylene	~
Anthracene	30
Benz(a)anthracene	10
Benzo(a)pyrene	50
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	~
Benzo(b)fluoranthene	10
Benzo(k)fluoranthene	10
Chrysene	4500
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene	10
Fluoranthene	200
Fluorene	9500
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	10
Naphthalene	20
Phenanthrene	50
Pyrene	100

Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH)

Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH)	Ecowaste Standards (CSR IL-)
EPH C10-C19 (LEPH)	2000
EPH C19-C32 (HEPH)	5000

Others

Others	Ecowaste Standards (CSR IL-)
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) (pH)	0.1 – 55
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)	35
Polychlorinated Dioxins (PCDDs)	0.0025
Polychlorinated Furans (PCDFs)	0.0025
Chloride Ion	100

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Soils Concentration Limits

Metals

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH)

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