• Bulbs
• Dimmable light bulb
• Fluorescent bulbs
• Halogen bulbs
• Headlight bulbs
• High intensity discharge (HID) lamps
• Indicator lights
• Incandescent bulbs
• Lamps
• Light emitting diode (LED) bulbs
• Mini and miniature bulbs
• Motion activated bulbs
• Replacement bulbs & lamps
• Tube lights
• UV lamps
• Wi-Fi light bulbs

• Ceiling lights
• Chandeliers
• Flashlights
• Floor lamps
• Flush mount lights
• Light bulbs supplied with a fixture
• Light bulbs supplied with a product
• Light strips
• Pendant lights
• Recessed lighting
• Ring lights
• Sconces
• String lights
• Table & floor lamps

Under the EEE Regulation, lighting producers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing lighting in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

• Am I a lighting producer?
• How do I determine if I am an exempt lighting producer?
• Review our Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn more about what producers are required to report and for step-by-step instructions
• FAQs 

Producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for lighting.

Collection Sites

Producers must ensure that consumers can drop off lighting free of charge at each site that is part of their collection system and satisfy the following requirements:

• If the lighting collection site is not part of a retail location, the site must accept all lighting
• If the lighting collection site is part of a retail location, the site must accept, at a minimum, all lighting that are of a similar size and function supplied by the producer at that location
• The lighting collection site must be readily accessible to the public
• If the lighting collection site is not a municipality or First Nation, it must be operated and accept lighting during normal business hours throughout the performance year
• Municipal and First Nation collection sites are permitted to operate seasonally or for a limited number of days per week
• The lighting collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 5 kilograms of lighting per day from any person

Producers can reduce their accessibility requirements by providing options such as curbside collection, mail back programs, or collection events.

Call-in collection

For First Nation reserves, Ontario Crown sites and municipal sites located in municipalities with a population less than 1,000, the following requirements apply:

• Once the site has 300 kg of lighting, they may notify a PRO or a large producer for pick up
• The lighting must be collected within one year from notification

For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, PROs or large producers must make reasonable efforts to pick up the lighting within one year of being notified

Management Requirements

Producers must ensure that all lighting picked up from a collection site, regardless of whether it’s part of the producer’s collection system, is managed (reused, refurbished, or processed) within three months from the pickup date. 

From January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2026, every obligated producer shall make best efforts to ensure that at least 30% of the lighting they supply into Ontario is reused, refurbished, or recycled. A producer’s management requirement is calculated based on the average of lighting supplied over three years. For more information on management requirements, review this FAQ. 

Recovered resources (including batteries removed from lighting) are: 

• Materials used or destined to be used by a person for the making of new products or packaging 

• Materials used to enrich soil 

• Glass used as aggregate (up to 50% of management requirement for lighting) 

• Aggregate from batteries (up to 15% of management requirement) 

Materials that are not considered recovered (cannot count toward performance) include: 

• Aggregate over the allowed limits 

• Materials that are land disposed 

• Materials that are incinerated or used as fuel or a fuel supplement 

• Materials that are stored, stockpiled, used as a daily landfill cover or otherwise deposited on land (unless they enrich soil or as aggregate within allowable limits) 

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, can work with registered lighting processors to meet their management requirements. View the list of lighting processors here. 

Working with PROs

Producers have the choice of establishing and operating their own collection and management systems or working with one or more producer responsibility organizations (PROs) registered with RPRA. 

A PRO is a person retained by a producer for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the following producer regulatory obligations under the EEE Regulation: 

• Arranging the establishment or operation of collection and management systems (hauling, recycling, reuse or refurbishment services) 

• Establishing or operating a collection or management system 

• Preparing and submitting reports 

PROs operate in a competitive market and producers can choose the PRO (or PROs) they want to work with. The terms and conditions of each contract with a PRO may vary. View the list of registered lighting PROs here.

Collection Activity Reporting

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, must regularly update their collection activities in the Registry. Collection activities refer to collection sites, events and seasonal events, call-in and other activity types related material collection systems.  

For step-by-step instructions on how to report collection activities, read our guide. For more information on reported collection activities that may appear on RPRA’s Where to Recycle map, view these FAQs. 

Annual Supply Data Reporting

Each year, lighting producers must submit the following information in RPRA’s Registry about the lighting they supplied in Ontario:

• The weight of lighting they supplied in Ontario in the calendar year two years prior
• A list of brands that make up the lighting they supplied in Ontario in the calendar year two years prior

Producers are also required to pay their annual program fee when submitting their supply report. 

Have questions about supply data reporting? View the following resources:

• What lighting needs to be reported? 

• Review RPRA’s Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn how to report your data 

Deadline: Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure by April 30 of each year. 

Supply data verification reporting 

Each year, large lighting producers are required to submit a supply data verification report in accordance with the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure. Small producers are not required to submit a verification report but will be subject to inspections.

As outlined in the registry procedure, a large lighting producer is a producer whose average annual supply, calculated over a rolling three‑year period, is equal to or more than 90,000 kg.

Note: For the purposes of supply data verification, the definition of large and small producer differs from the definitions used in the EEE Regulation.

For more information, please see our FAQ: ‘For annual supply reporting verification, how do I know if I am a small or large lighting producer?’.

Deadline: Supply data must be verified in accordance with the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure by April 30 of each year. 

Annual Performance Reporting

Each year, producers, or PROs on their behalf, will have to report on the extent to which a producer was able to achieve their management requirement. 

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to report the following information annually: 

• Total weight of lighting collected 

• The weight of materials recovered from processing the collected lighting (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.) 

• A PRO may submit the performance report on a producer’s behalf, but it remains the producer’s responsibility to ensure their report is submitted by the deadline. 

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their mandatory collection and management requirements. If you have not yet contracted with a PRO, it is important that you do so as soon as possible to ensure that you can meet your obligations. In order for a PRO to report on your behalf, you must identify them in the Registry. Learn more about PROs here. 

Deadline: Performance reporting is due April 30 of each year. 

Performance audit reporting

RPRA is delaying the requirement for producers and PROs to submit a performance audit report in 2026. This decision was made because RPRA is in the process of finalizing its registry procedure for performance audit reporting. Lighting producers and PROs will be required to submit their first performance audit report at a later time, to be confirmed in consultation with PROs, and in accordance with the finalized procedures.