Bomb Discovered At Recycling Facility

Laval, Quebec, Canada Workers at SNF, Inc, a metal recycling company, came across a large bomb in a pile of scrap metal waiting to be processed. The workers called the police who responded. A military EOD unit was called in to assess the situation. The area was evacuated and the bomb safely transported by EOD. The exact type of bomb was not reported but it is believed to be a WWII era bomb. Determining the source of the bomb is proving difficult as the recycler receives truck loads of metal every day from numerous sources.

The co-mingling of metals in the recycling industry has always been a challenge for the UXO industry as it makes it very difficult to maintain an account of where munitions debris and related scrap ultimately end up.