Waste Yards: The Overlooked Pollution Exposure

Waste management contractors are investing heavily in environmental compliance. However, a coverage gap remains: pollution events occurring within the company’s own facilities.

In this article, Aaron Weinstock, National Practice Leader—Environmental Risk at BFL CANADA, sheds light on these blind spots and explains why environmental site insurance should play a central role in any insurance program within the sector.

While waste management contractors often focus their environmental risk efforts on collection, transportation, and disposal activities, exposures at their own yards and facilities can be just as significant. From fuelling operations and equipment maintenance to storage tanks and gradual leaks, even routine day-to-day activities can result in costly contamination events that fall outside the scope of traditional pollution coverage.