Google Maps image Coquitlam’s KMS Tools has been fined $28,300 for failing to comply with the province’s recycling regulations – marking the second Port Coquitlam’s KMS Tools has been fined $28,300 for failing to comply with the province’s recycling regulations – marking the second penalty against the company in two years.
the company knowingly avoided at least $8,800 in program fees….
Well, if it saved more than $19,000 last time around, it definitely came out ahead.
$28,300 — is this on top of the $19,000, or is this only an additional $9,300? Because if it’s the second, by not complying over the past year, it’s really only cost them $500 - which is likely less than all the additional costs of changing over their entire inventory handling workflow during that time. And if they’re still refusing to pay… that’s an easily absorbable cost, leaving them mostly with the problem of bad publicity.
Well, if it saved more than $19,000 last time around, it definitely came out ahead.
$28,300 — is this on top of the $19,000, or is this only an additional $9,300? Because if it’s the second, by not complying over the past year, it’s really only cost them $500 - which is likely less than all the additional costs of changing over their entire inventory handling workflow during that time. And if they’re still refusing to pay… that’s an easily absorbable cost, leaving them mostly with the problem of bad publicity.