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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: Blue Box

  Topic: Producer , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu My institution has a reuse store and/or hosts upcycling events in which some Blue Box materials (e.g., donated paper products like notebooks, loose paper, and file folders) are sold or given away for free. As a Blue Box producer, what materials from this service should be included in our supply report?

  Any donated or re-supplied paper products or other Blue Box materials that are supplied to consumers through a reuse store or upcycling event should not be included in your supply report.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Regulation

  Toggle the submenu What does ‘reuse’ mean under the Tires Regulation?

  Reuse under the Tires Regulation means either of the following:

  1. Tires that are sold and reused for their original purpose with or without modification. Modification includes repair but does not include retreading. For example, a repaired tire must be sold as a complete tire. A repair to a tire that remains on a vehicle, such as fixing a flat tire, does not count as reuse.
  2. Tires that are reused without modification for a new purpose. For example, a tire being reused as a bumper, or other similar apparatus for absorbing shock. Tires that are reused without modification for a new purpose does not include tires that are deposited on land.

  The entire weight of the reused tire can be counted towards a producer’s management target.

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• Program: Datacall

  Toggle the submenu For the Long-form, where do I report material diverted through reuse facilities?

  Question C in Section 5 GAP asks for tonnes distributed for reuse through facilities operated directly by municipality. Full credit is given for reported tonnes in this question.

  Additionally, the Datacall asks for tonnes distributed for reuse through facilities to which municipality provides no-charge disposal of residual waste. 10% of any tonnage reported in this field will be counted toward diversion.

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• Program: Blue Box

  Topic: Producer , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu Our company supplies its products in refillable packaging. How should we report these containers in our Supply Report?

  For the purposes of supply data reporting, ‘refillable packaging’ is defined as packaging surrounding a supplied product that a consumer can return to the product manufacturer for cleaning and reuse.

  A producer who supplies its products in refillable packaging should only report weights (under the appropriate material category) the first time the packaging is supplied to consumers.

  For example:

  A milk producer that used 1000 new glass bottles to supply its product to consumers in 2022, reported the weight of all 1000 bottles under the beverage container category in their 2023 supply data report.

  In 2023, the producer added 500 new glass bottles to its supply, bringing the total of supplied material to 1500 bottles. Their 2024 supply data report should only reflect the weights of the 500 new bottles, not the total currently being used by the producer (1500).

  Important: Products supplied in beverage containers should be reported in the ‘beverage container’ category, not the category the container is made of (plastic, metal, glass).

  See Compliance Bulletin: What blue box materials need to be reported?

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

  Topic: Collection systems , Where to Recycle map

  Toggle the submenu What is the purpose of RPRA’s Where to Recycle map?

  RPRA’s Where to Recycle map displays locations across Ontario where the public can drop off used materials to be recycled, such as batteries, electronics, household hazardous waste (e.g., paint, antifreeze, pesticides), lighting and tires, for free. Materials collected at these locations are reused, refurbished, recycled, or properly disposed of to help keep them out of landfill, recover valuable resources and protect our environment. Learn more here.

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• Program: Excess Soil

  Topic: Registry , Regulation , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu Why were the requirements under the Excess Soil Regulation paused in 2022?

  On April 21, 2022, the Ontario Government announced a temporary suspension of the registration and reporting requirements under the Excess Soil Regulation. The requirements were suspended until January 1, 2023. The Excess Soil Registry remained open for users during the pause.

  As of January 1, construction and development Project Leaders and Operators/Owners of soil Reuse Sites and Residential Development Soil Depot sites are required to register and file notices about how they reuse and dispose of excess soil in Ontario through RPRA’s Excess Soil Registry.

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• Program: Excess Soil

  Topic: Registry , Regulation , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu Do the amendments to the Excess Soil Regulation made in 2022 change anything for me?

  In December 2022, the Government of Ontario finalized amendments to O. Reg. 406/19: On-Site and Excess Soil Regulation (Excess Soil Regulation) and the Rules for Soil Management and Excess Soil Quality Standards (Soil Rules), which came into effect January 1, 2023.

  If a project triggers the filing requirements under the Excess Soil Regulation, the process for filing notices has not changed.
  However, the amended regulation may affect the types of projects for which a notice is required to be filed through the Excess Soil Registry.

  The two key amendments made to the regulation mean:

  • Reuse planning requirements are not triggered for projects defined as “low-risk project areas”, being a property at which the current or last property use was agricultural or other, residential, parkland or institutional (as defined under O. Reg. 153/04), that would otherwise have been triggered to complete reuse planning requirements as a result of being located within an area of settlement and removing at least 2,000m3 of excess soil. Other triggers for reuse planning may still apply.
  • The limit on the maximum size of soil storage piles (previously 2,500 m3) has been removed. Other soil storage rules would continue to apply, including the requirement to prevent any adverse effects.

  If you have questions about the Excess Soil Regulation or the amendments, contact the ministry at MECP.LandPolicy@ontario.ca.

  See our FAQ to see “Who needs to file notices?”

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• Program: Hazardous Waste

  Topic: AGD , Carrier , Receiver , Registry

  Toggle the submenu Will service providers have the capability to pre-fill the electronic manifests as they do now for the hard copy forms? 

  The new HWP Registry has been built to allow draft manifests to be easily created in the new system. Facility and waste stream information can be automatically applied to the manifest through easy lookups and tables, using a web browser or the mobile app. Additionally, manifests can be ‘copied’ for reuse when the same or similar shipments happen more than once.

  See below materials showing how to initiate manifests.

  • Initiating a manifest as an AGD
  • Initiating a manifest as a carrier

  See here for manifesting a shipment as a receiver

  If you deal with a high volume of manifests, you may wish to make use of the Registry’s external API that allows for automatic integration between external systems and the Registry. Contact RPRA_External_API_Support_Team@rpra.ca for more information.

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• Program: ITT/AV

  Topic: Hauler , Processor , Refurbisher , Registration

  Toggle the submenu Am I an ITT/AV service provider?

  • An ITT/AV hauler is a person that arranges the transport of ITT/AV used in Ontario that are destined for processing, reuse, refurbishing or disposal.
  • An ITT/AV refurbisher is a person that prepares or refurbishes ITT/AV used in Ontario for the purpose of reuse.
  • An ITT/AV processor is a person that processes ITT/AV used in Ontario for the purpose of resource recovery.

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