Frequently Asked Questions

An ITT/AV producer qualifies for an exemption if their average weight of supply for that calendar year is less than or equal to 5,000 kg.

Average supply weight is determined using the following formula:

Average weight of ITT/AV supply = (Y3 + Y4 + Y5) / 3 

Eg. 2025 average weight of supply = (2022 + 2021 + 2020) / 3 

ITT/AV producers that meet the exemption criteria are exempt from:

• Registering and reporting to RPRA
• Establishing a collection and management system
• Meeting a management requirement
• Promotion and education requirements

Producers must verify that they continue to meet the exemption annually, since their average weight of supply will change from year to year.

Exempt producers must keep records related to the weight of ITT/AV supplied into Ontario each year and provide them to the RPRA upon request.

Producers are advised to confirm their exemption with the Compliance Team at 833-600-0530 or [email protected].

No. RPRA is the regulator for the purposes of the new EEE Regulation. Producers and PROs are required to register with RPRA and meet the mandatory performance and reporting requirements under the regulation. RPRA is responsible for overseeing compliance with the regulation and has a range of enforcement tools that include compliance orders, administrative penalties, and prosecutions.

As a regulator, RPRA will not provide collection and management services. Instead, producers will be served by a competitive market comprised of processors, refurbishers, haulers, and PROs. Producers can contract with PROs to meet their obligations under the EEE Regulation, but producers will always remain responsible for meeting those requirements regardless of who they contract with.

Starting in 2026, electronics (i.e. information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual (ITT/AV) equipment) producers will have a fee holiday and will not be required to pay program fees. Producers are still required to submit their annual supply report by the deadline, but the associated fees will not apply.

The fee holiday is funded through the $17.5 million in residual funds transferred to RPRA from the legacy recycling program for electronics. You can learn more about the transfer of funds here.

The fee holiday will continue until the funds are depleted. RPRA will provide updates to producers ahead of program fees for electronics coming back into effect.

Program fees still apply for all other programs, so producers in multiple programs are required to pay fees when submitting supply reports for other programs.

A producer’s individual management requirements are determined by formulas found in section 14 of the Regulation, summarized in the table below:

*For reports submitted in 2024, producers should use RPRA’s manual calculator

It is important to note that producers must ensure that all ITT/AV collected is 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 ITT/AV producer?’ to learn more.

Producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for ITT/AV that meets the accessibility requirements in the regulation. Producers must ensure that all ITT/AV collected is managed regardless of what their minimum management requirements are.

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 the Authority to meet their obligations.

Please contact the Compliance Team at 833-600-0530 or [email protected] to discuss other requirements under the EEE Regulation.

No. The list of products obligated under the EEE Regulation is different from the list of products included in the OES Program. The OES Program required producers to report the number of units they supplied, while the EEE Regulation requires producers to report the total weight of products.

To help producers calculate the weight of their products, we have included weight conversion factors in our Verification and Audit procedure, which is included as a weight conversion tool on the registration form.  Once a producer determines the units of products on which they are obligated to report, they can enter the units into the conversion tool to get a calculated weight to report to RPRA.

For more information, see the Determining Supply Data section of the Registry Procedure: EEE Verification and Audit.

No, the fee holiday only applies to electronics (i.e. information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual (ITT/AV) equipment) producers.

The fee holiday is funded through the $17.5 million in residual funds transferred to RPRA from the legacy recycling program for electronics. You can learn more about the transfer of funds here.

See FAQ: I’m an electronics producer. What is a fee holiday and why do I have one?

The fee holiday for electronics (i.e. information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual (ITT/AV) equipment) producers comes into effect in 2026 and will continue until the residual funds are depleted. RPRA will update producers prior to program fees for electronics coming back into effect.

See FAQ: I’m an electronics producer. What is a fee holiday and why do I have one?

Yes. PROs are private enterprises and charge for their services to producers.

Each commercial contract a producer enters with a PRO will have its own set of terms and conditions. It is up to the PRO and producer to determine the terms of their contractual agreement, including fees and payment schedule.

RPRA does not set the terms of the contractual arrangements between PROs and producers.

Free riders are obligated parties that:

• Have not registered or reported to RPRA
• Have not established a collection and management system (if they are so required to), or;
• Are not operating a collection and management system (if they are so required to).

See our FAQs to understand “What is RPRA’s approach to free riders?”, and “What do I do if I think a business is a free rider?”

To note:

• Some producers only have requirements to register and report. Please refer to your specific program page on our website to understand producer obligations.
• Collection and management systems may be accomplished by a producer responsibility organization (PRO) on behalf of a producer through contractual arrangements between the producer and PRO. If a PRO is managing a producer’s collection and management requirements, producers must identify that PRO to RPRA.

Yes, during the fee holiday, electronics (i.e. information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual (ITT/AV) equipment) producers are still required to submit their annual supply report by the deadline, but the associated fees will not apply.

See FAQ: I’m an electronics producer. What is a fee holiday and why do I have one?

For the purposes of ITT/AV supply reporting verification: 

• “Large ITT/AV producer” means an ITT/AV producer with a three-year rolling average supply weight in respect of a calendar year that is equal to or more than 275,000 kilograms.
• • Example: for the 2026 supply data report, the three-year rolling average supply weight is calculated as: (weight supplied in 2023 + weight supplied in 2022 + weight supplied in 2021)/3

Only large producers are required to submit a supply data verification report. While small producers are not required to submit a verification report, they are still subject to inspections. Review the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure for more information. 

If you are unsure if your company meets the definition of a large producer, contact RPRA’s Compliance and Registry Team at [email protected] or 833-600-0530.  

Producers of ITT/AV equipment need to provide the following information when registering in RPRA’s Registry:

• Business information (e.g. business name, contact information)
• The year you began marketing or selling ITT/AV equipment into Ontario
• Any PROs you are contracted with
• Your annual ITT/AV Supply Report

Producers are obligated parties under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act and are ultimately responsible for their data submitted through RPRA’s Registry. Producers can choose to contract with an external consultant to support their data submission, but third parties have limited permissions in the Registry as they are not regulated parties.

A producer can choose to assign a primary or secondary user profile in their Registry account to an external consultant. An external consultant may submit supply data reports and/or pay registry fees on the producer’s behalf.

External consultants cannot submit and/or sign registration, executive attestations, account admin changes or supply data adjustment documentation on behalf of a producer. External consultants cannot be account admins, nor can they manage a PRO within the Registry on behalf of a producer.

Producers are not required to collect and manage their own branded products and materials. Instead, a producer is expected to collect and manage a portion of similar materials in Ontario. The portion of material that a producer collects and manages is known as their minimum management requirement. A minimum management requirement, which is set based on calculations outlined in the applicable Regulation, is the weight of the products or packaging that the producer must ensure is collected and managed. The calculated amount is proportionate to the weight of materials that producer supplied into the province.

For example, a producer who supplied laptops into Ontario does not need to collect and manage their own branded laptops. Instead, they must ensure that they collect and manage an equivalent weight of information technology, telecommunications, and audio-visual equipment (ITT/AV) materials.

Similarly, a producer who supplied cardboard boxes into Ontario does not need to collect and manage those exact cardboard boxes. Rather, they need to ensure that an equivalent weight of paper is collected and managed.

Almost all producers will work with producer responsibility organizations (PROs) for the purposes of meeting their obligations to collect and manage materials. PROs establish collection and management systems across Ontario for different material types. A producer can meet their obligations to collect and manage materials by entering into a contract with a PRO to provide these services on their behalf.

Yes. Producers and service providers can enter into contractual agreements with multiple PROs.

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.

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.

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.

Each year, large ITT/AV 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.  

See our FAQ: For annual supply reporting verification, how do I know if I am a small or large ITT/AV producer?

Consumer protection laws in Ontario prohibit the misrepresentation of charges, which means that producers or retailers cannot misrepresent any visible fees as a regulatory charge, tax, RPRA fee or something similar.

No, First Nation communities are not required to sign agreements with a PRO or PROs to have materials picked up.

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to provide call-in collection services to pick up tires, electronics, lighting, batteries, and household hazardous and special products free of charge.

For details about minimum amounts required for pickup, timelines for pickup for communities both north and south of the Far North boundary, and contact information for PROs that offer call-in collection, visit our Recycling in First Nation Communities webpage.