Medical waste found on P.E.I. property not believed to have any criminal aspect, RCMP say

The RCMP says there's no indication that a small pile of unsecured medical waste found on a rural property in eastern P.E.I. has any criminal aspect.

In an email to CBC News Thursday, the RCMP said the provincial Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action asked them to conduct a review of the waste and how it got to the vacant land near Murray River.

"Our conclusion is that there is no information to suggest there is a criminal act or intent," the email reads. "RCMP will not be further involved in this, and we have no interest in the items recovered."

Police say the property owners contracted a third-party service to clean up the waste, and the provincial department involved confirmed in an email that the waste — of an amount that would fit into a small garbage bag — has been dealt with.

"On July 14, 2025, a restoration company was hired by the owner to clean up the waste material, and Environment, Energy and Climate Action has confirmed that the waste was removed from the site and safely contained," a spokesperson wrote.

"The medical waste in question was cleaned up as requested by Environment, Energy and Climate Action and therefore compliance with environmental legislation has been achieved."

Earlier this month, CBC News reported on the discovery of what appeared to be vials of blood, testing strips and other medical waste.. 

The land is owned by Moonlight International Foundation, a non-profit with ties to the Buddhist community in the province.

Photos obtained by CBC News via drone showed the materials in a loose pile on the ground. Some of the material had writing in Chinese characters. 

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Medical waste found on property linked to Buddhist community in eastern P.E.I.

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A small pile of medical waste was found recently on a property in eastern P.E.I., including needles and what seems to be blood in vials. As CBC’s Stacey Janzer reports, the Department of Environment has investigated it and the group that owns the land says it plans to have the waste cleaned up soon.

A spokesperson for the Moonlight International Foundation said in an email that the group had learned about the medical waste through correspondence with CBC News, calling it "truly a regrettable situation."

Under the P.E.I. Environmental Protection Act's waste resource management regulations, no person can dispose of special waste, which includes medical waste, except at an appropriate landfill or composting facility that's approved to accept the material.