Court dismisses E360S’s case against RPRA 

On April 29, 2025, a judge dismissed E360S’s case against RPRA by ruling in favour of RPRA’s motion to quash.

In November 2024, E360S, a service provider in the tires and batteries programs, issued a notice of application for judicial review seeking to compel RPRA to enforce certain requirements under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.

In January 2025, RPRA filed a motion to dismiss the application on the basis that it had no chance of success.

The judge agreed with RPRA and concluded that E360S had no clear legal right to compel a particular enforcement action by RPRA. The judge also concluded that RPRA has significant discretion in its enforcement activities.  The judge ordered E360S to pay costs to RPRA, which the parties agreed would be set at $60,000.

RPRA exercises its enforcement discretion using a risk-based compliance framework, which is published on RPRA’s website.