The 22 Pages We Wrote So You Don't Have to Ask
The fastest way to lose a half-hour on a project call is to argue about a regulatory line item that nobody at the table actually has in front of them. The Knowledge Base is what we put together so the next time somebody asks "what's the CIRCIL Levy actually paying for", the answer is one URL away. Twenty-two pages, live, free to read, no email gate. Field Notes No. 5.
What the CIRCIL Levy actually is
One page covers the rate — $5/tonne for verified clean wood today, $60/tonne mixed, scaling on a published curve out to 2036 — and exactly which provincial fund it feeds. Another page covers what disqualifies a load from the clean rate: CCA-treated lumber, paint, creosote, glue residue, weathered gray pine that hides treatment underneath. If your AP team has ever asked why one invoice's CIRCIL line was different from the last one, this is where the answer lives.
What 2029 changes
The REWOOD landfill ban makes landfilling clean wood a regulatory wall — not a fine, a wall. The KB page walks the timeline, the in-province diversion options, and what an audit looks like after the ban kicks in. If you're scoping a tear-off renovation that bids inside the next thirty-six months, the disposal lane you assume today may not be the lane you have during the project.
USMCA Shield and what a clean load proves
Two pages cover the cross-border side: Section 122 at its current rate, HS Code 3825.0 classification, what the Certificate of Origin includes, and the chain of evidence that lets a clean load cross under USMCA terms instead of getting flagged at the gate. If you've ever wondered why we call it the Shield, the answer is in the audit-readiness trail — which is also what most of the rest of the Knowledge Base supports.
What we do about it
Every Knowledge Base page is linked from the page it answers a question on — the catalog references the levy page, the Quote Calculator references the load-classification page, the Crew Portal references the manifest page. Start anywhere, the cross-links pull you through.
Call +1 (833) 863-9663 or Get a Quote in your browser. Read the Knowledge Base from the site footer.
— Mike • Spike Bins • Hamilton, ON