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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu Can reuse count towards a Tires producer’s management requirement?

  Yes, the entire weight of reused tires can be counted towards a producer’s management target.

  See our FAQ: What does ‘reuse’ mean under the Tires Regulation?

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• Program: Batteries , ITT/AV , Lighting , Tires

  Topic: Producer , Registration

  Toggle the submenu What does resident in Ontario mean?

  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.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Producer , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu What tires need to be reported to the Authority?

  Read our Compliance Bulletin – What Tires Have to be Reported for compliance guidance to producers about the definition of a tire and the requirement to report historical tire supply information under the Tires Regulation.

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• Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , Tires

  Topic: About the Authority , Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu What information will the Authority make available publicly about a producer’s performance and compliance?

  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.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , PRO , Producer

  Toggle the submenu I’m a producer. How do I set up my tire collection and tire management network?

  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.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu How are my tire collection and resource recovery requirements determined?

  Tire Collection Requirements
  The minimum tire collection requirements are calculated based on a rolling average of three years of tire supply data multiplied by 0.85 to account for tire wear. Section 4(2) of the Tires Regulation describes the formula used.

  Tire Resource Recovery Requirements
  Producers must ensure that 85% of the tires they collected in a year, by weight, were reused, retreaded or turned into processed materials and made into products and packaging as described in section 11 of the Tires Regulation.

  Any producer who collects tires in a calendar year, despite being exempt from the collection requirements under section 4(7) of the Tires Regulation, is required to manage those tires (through reuse, retreading or processing) in accordance with section 11(6) of the Tires Regulation.

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• Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Collector , First Nation communities , Hauler , Management activities , Municipalities , PRO , Processor , Producer , Retreader

  Toggle the submenu How do I find a PRO?

  Here are the lists of registered PROs:

  Tire PROs

  Battery PROs

  ITT/AV PROs

  Lighting PROs

  Blue Box PROs

  Hazardous and Special Products PROs

  These lists will continue to be updated as new PROs register with RPRA.

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