Ontario generates more than 12 million used tires annually. To keep those tires out of landfills, tire producers are responsible for ensuring used tires are collected and recycled or reused. The Opens in new window: Tires Regulation under the Opens in new window: Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) designates tires as the first material under Ontario’s individual producer responsibility framework (IPR). Opens in new window: Learn more about IPR.
Under the regulation, producers are directly responsible and accountable for meeting mandatory collection and recycling targets for used tires. Producers have the choice of contracting with producer responsibility organizations (PROs) to meet those targets or working directly with tire service providers (collectors, haulers, retreaders and processors) to establish collection and management systems for used tires.
Tires
Under the Tires Regulation a “tire” means a component that is designed to surround the rim of a vehicle’s wheel and has an actual weight of one kilogram or more. Reference our What Tires Have to Be Reported compliance bulletin for more information on commonly obligated categories.
How does the Tires Regulation affect you?
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Wind up of the Used Tires Program
Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) operated the Used Tires Program that kept light truck, medium truck, and off-the-road tires out of landfills so that they could be reused and recycled. The program ended on December 31, 2018 and on January 1, 2019, used tires moved to the new individual producer responsibility framework.