A member of the Cowichan Tribes has been handed a pollution prevention order over a huge dumping site near Duncan, B.C., on Vancouver Island.

James Anthony Peter is ordered to immediately stop dumping waste at the site, which is just above the Cowichan River.

The dump is situated on Cowichan Tribes Reserve land near the city of Duncan.

The amount of waste is estimated to exceed 290,000 cubic metres, according to provincial documents, and includes construction and demolition debris, residential waste, derelict RV trailers, plastics and metals.

“It’s a huge, toxic soup of tires, ties, plastic… demolition debris,” community advocate Peter Rusland told Global News.

“Cowichan River is a heritage river, and it’s a salmon river that’s sacred to the Cowichan Tribes, and many other folks aro

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