Posted on January 19, 2021 by RPRA Communications -
You are considered a battery producer under the Batteries Regulation if you market batteries into Ontario and meet the following requirements:
- Are the brand holder of the battery and have residency in Canada;
- If there is no resident brand holder, have residency in Ontario and import batteries from outside of Ontario;
- If there is no resident importer, have residency in Ontario and markets directly to consumers in Ontario (e.g., online sales); or
- If there is no resident marketer, does not have residency in Ontario and markets directly to consumers in Ontario (e.g., online sales).
Even if you do not meet the above definition, there may be circumstances where you qualify as a producer. Read the Batteries Regulation for more detail or contact the Compliance and Registry Team for guidance at registry@rpra.ca or (647) 496-0530 or toll-free at (833) 600-0530.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Brand holders and producers that supply products and packaging are required by legislation to meet individual mandatory collection and resource recovery requirements and may face compliance and enforcement consequences for failing to do so. The executive attestation ensures that executives responsible for managing the brand holder’s or producer’s business are aware of these requirements and can ensure that appropriate measures are put in place to achieve compliance with the regulations.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
For regulatory purposes, we need to know your legal name — the name you are incorporated under. We also need to know your business operating name if it is different from your legal business name to add to our published list of registrants. The list of registrants will be available on our website to allow registrants to interact with one another and to provide information to the public.
For example, if you are a registered collector and your legal name is 123456789 Ontario Ltd. and your business operating name is “Jack’s Garage,” a member of the public looking for a place to drop off used tires will need to know the name you are operating under to identify your location.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
To create a Registry account with the Authority, you will need to provide:
- CRA Business Number (BN)
- Legal Business Name
- Business address and phone number
- Address of where you work (if different from the main office)
- Contact information for your billing contact (this may also be added later)
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
You will have to meet the registration requirements for every category that applies to you.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Resident in Ontario means a person having a permanent establishment in Ontario within the meaning of the Corporations Tax Act. A permanent establishment is usually a fixed place of business such as an office, factory, branch, warehouse, workshop, etc. In some cases, a corporation will be deemed to operate a permanent establishment in Ontario. These include cases where:
- The corporation produced, grew, mined, created, manufactured, fabricated, improved, packed, preserved or constructed anything in the province, in whole or in part;
- The corporation carries on business through an employee or agent in the province who has general authority to contract for the corporation; or
- The corporation carries on business through an employee or agent in the province who has a stock of merchandise owned by the corporation from which they regularly fill orders that they receive.
- A corporation will also have a permanent establishment in Ontario if it uses substantial machinery or equipment in the province, or if it is has a permanent establishment elsewhere in Canada and owns land in the province.
For more details about what constitutes a permanent establishment, see the definition of “permanent establishment” in the Corporations Tax Act.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, the Authority is required to provide an annual report to the Minister that includes information on aggregate producer performance, and a summary of compliance and enforcement activities. Under section 51 of the Act, the Registrar also is required to post every order issued on the Registry.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Uju Ani -
No. Producers and PROs working on their behalf must operate the collection and management systems they have established as required by the Regulation even after their minimum management requirements are met.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
The Tires Regulation requires producers to submit to the Registry the identity of each tire collector and tire collection site that is a part of that producer’s tire collection system. It is up to each producer, or a producer responsibility organization (PRO) on the producer’s behalf, to identify the tire collection sites that will be used in their tire collection systems.
Tire collectors are required to register and identify their collection sites (i.e., the address for every individual site where tires are collected). The collection site data will be used to populate a list of collection sites that will be available to producers and PROs. Producers, or their PROs, will be required to identify their tire collection systems.
Please read Compliance Bulletin -Tire Collection Systems for compliance guidance to producers who are required to establish and operate tire collection systems under the Tires Regulation.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
As a retailer, you may also be a producer and/or a collector, based on the definitions in the Tires Regulation.
Businesses will continue to have discretion over whether they charge a fee to recover the cost of recycling their products. If a business chooses to charge a fee, they are no longer required to provide information about who is charging the visible fee and what it will be used for.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Uju Ani -
Effective for the 2025 calendar year, and every year thereafter, producers no longer have collection targets and do not have to collect a minimum weight of used tires.
A producer’s individual management requirement is determined by formulas found in section 12 of the Regulation. See the tables below for details:
Management requirements for all tires
| Performance Year | Supply Report Year | Formula |
| *2025 | 2024 | [(2020 supply + 2021 supply + 2022 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2026 | 2025 | [(2021 supply + 2022 supply + 2023 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2027 | 2026 | [(2022 supply + 2023 supply + 2024 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2028 | 2027 | [(2023 supply + 2024 supply + 2025 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2029 | 2028 | [(2024 supply + 2025 supply + 2026 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2030 | 2029 | [(2025 supply + 2026 supply + 2027 supply) / 3)]×70% |
Management requirements for large tires
| Performance Year | Supply Report Year | Formula |
| *2025 | 2024 | [(2020 supply + 2021 supply + 2022 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2026 | 2025 | [(2021 supply + 2022 supply + 2023 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2027 | 2026 | [(2022 supply + 2023 supply + 2024 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2028 | 2027 | [(2023 supply + 2024 supply + 2025 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2029 | 2028 | [(2024 supply + 2025 supply + 2026 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2030 | 2029 | [(2025 supply + 2026 supply + 2027 supply) / 3)]×60% |
*For reports submitted in 2024, producers should use RPRA’s manual calculator.
It is important to note that producers must ensure that all collected tires are managed, regardless of what their minimum management requirement is.
Note: Producers with a management requirement below a certain threshold may be exempt from registering with and reporting to RPRA.
See our FAQ ‘How do I determine if I am an exempt tire producer?’ to learn more.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
You may be required to provide a verification report for the annual tire supply report. You will be required to provide verification if you meet the definition of a medium or large producer. Small producers will not be required to submit a verification report, however a percentage of small producers selected annually by the Registrar will be subject to an inspection. If exceptions are identified during the inspection, a comprehensive review may be carried out. For more information on this, read Tires Registry Procedure – Audit.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Program fees are charges that producers obligated under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, are required to pay to RPRA annually to recover its operational costs, including costs related to building and operating the registry, providing services to registrants, and compliance and enforcement activities.
All current and past fee schedules can be found here.
