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In 2003, the Waste Reduction and Recovery Act (WRRA) was created to help keep waste out of Northwest Territories (NWT) landfills and off the land by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) regulating the reduction and recovery of waste.

Publication date: 
March 2023
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Waste Reduction and Recycling
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Reports and Studies
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File
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The NWT State of the Environment (NWT SOE Report) provides information on topics relevant to the environment.

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Publication date: 
June 2022
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Water, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants, Conservation planning, Climate change, Education and outreach, Fire, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Forest resources, Air quality
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) tient une base de données des déversements de matières dangereuses qui ont été signalés aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO) depuis 1971. Le présent rapport résume les données recueillies en 2018.

Publication date: 
January 2020
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) has maintained a database of all hazardous material spills reported in the Northwest Territories (NWT) since 1971.This report briefly summarizes the data collected for spills reported in 2018.

Publication date: 
January 2020
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File