RPRA has retained Dillon Consulting Limited (Dillon) to develop Recycling Efficiency Rate (RER) Calculation and Verification Procedures for batteries, ITT/AV, lighting, and hazardous and special products (HSP). These procedures will be referenced in 2025* when processors will be required to submit a report that verifies their RER. RPRA and Dillon will be consulting with stakeholders from the affected programs and the public in two phases to develop the RER Verification procedures.
* RPRA will not require processors of batteries, ITT/AV, lighting, or hazardous and special products to submit an RER verification report in 2024. However, processors are still required to submit their annual performance report in the spring of 2024. Processors will be notified when the registry opens for reporting. The decision to not require an RER report in 2024 is a result of feedback received during our consultation and additional work needed to develop and implement the RER Calculation and Verification Procedures.
RPRA is currently revising the draft procedures to incorporate the feedback received and will post second drafts in early 2024 for further consultation. Consultation participants will be notified once the updated drafts are posted.
Phase One (March 7 to April 14, 2023)
While developing these procedures, Dillon and RPRA engaged with PROs and processors of batteries, ITT/AV, lighting, and HSP to gather information about their company’s operations and share preliminary insights. All PROs that are registered with RPRA, and processors that are listed on RPRA’s website, received an invite to attend either a virtual group discussion or a 1:1 session with their company, Dillon and a member of RPRA’s Compliance Team.
An opportunity to submit additional feedback was also available outside of the consultation sessions. PROs and processors were encouraged to answer the Phase One consultation questions and email their answers to consultations@rpra.ca by April 14. These insights will be taken into consideration during the development of the initial draft of the procedures.
Phase Two (October 26 to November 24, 2023)
During this phase, RPRA and Dillon consulted on the draft batteries, ITT/AV and Lighting, and HSP procedures, which incorporated feedback received during phase one of the consultation.
Provide your feedback
Those directly affected by the procedures, such as PROs, processors, and their verifiers, were encouraged to review the draft procedures and attend a webinar to provide feedback and ask questions. Each session was program-specific, but all sessions provided largely identical information.
View the presentation materials:
- Session 1 – Draft Batteries RER Calculation and Verification Procedure
- Session 2 – Draft ITT/AV and Lighting RER Calculation and Verification Procedure
- Session 3 – Draft HSP RER Calculation and Verification Procedure
Feedback was submitted through this survey or by email to consultations@rpra.ca by November 24, 2023. All feedback will be considered when developing the final Batteries, ITT/AV and Lighting, and HSP RER procedures.
Background
Under the Batteries, Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), and Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) Regulations, producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to use registered processors that have met the RER requirements, to meet producer management requirements.
For the 2023 reporting period, RPRA has decided that batteries, ITT/AV, and HSP processors that have already submitted an RER Verification Report for the 2022 reporting period and are listed on the website are not required to submit an RER Verification Report in 2023. Processors who are not currently on the lists, including new market entrants, will still be required to submit an RER Verification Report in 2023 if they wish to be added to RPRA’s website. RPRA will update the lists as needed.
Lighting processors are required to submit their first RER report in 2025 and will reference this procedure once developed.