Frequently Asked Questions

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Program: Blue Box

Topic: Collection systems , Municipalities , PRO , Producer

A “Public space” means an outdoor area in a park, playground or beside/on a sidewalk, a public transit station or stop under municipal or provincial jurisdiction, including a track-level stop, to which the public is normally provided access.

During transition, producers are required to collect Blue Box material from public space receptacles in eligible communities that were provided collection service under the WDTA program.

The definition of a “public space” in the Blue Box Regulation is broader than the definition used in the Datacall for WDTA municipal funding purposes. For the purpose of collection services during transition, producers must collect from eligible communities’ public space receptacles collected as part of a communities’ Blue Box servicing that was funded under the WDTA Blue Box program (i.e., those along residential routes).
Program: Blue Box

Topic: Processor , Registration
Processors need to provide the following information when registering with the Authority:

Business information (e.g., business name, contact information)

Processing site location, contact information and Blue Box materials received and processed at each location

Any producers or PROs the processor has contracted with

Visit our Blue Box Processors webpage for more information.
Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , Tires

Topic: Collector , Hauler , PRO , Processor , Registration , Retreader , RPRA Program and Registry Fees

No, only producers are required to pay RPRA program fees. The decision to make producers pay fees and cover the Authority’s costs was made to reflect the fact that the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) is based on a producer responsibility framework. Although producers may hire service providers to help meet their obligations, the responsibility remains with the producer.
Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , Tires

Topic: PRO , Producer , Reporting

A producer can grant access to anyone they would like to authorize in their reporting (i.e. Registry) portal. Producer reporting must be done in the producer account and batch data transfers are not accepted.
Program: Hazardous and Special Products

Topic: PRO , Producer , Reporting

Under the HSP Regulation, producers are required to make reasonable efforts to establish and operate at least as many collection sites for each type of HSP in each local municipality, territorial district or reserve as the number of sites that were operated on September 30, 2021.

Producers are also required to make reasonable efforts to hold at least as many collection events for that type of HSP in each local municipality, territorial district or reserve as the number of events that were held in the 2020 calendar year.
Program: Datacall

If you wish to use the excel upload tool in sections 2.3, 3.1 and 3.2, please download and complete the excel sheet and then email the document to datacall@rpra.ca requesting that it be uploaded.

Alternatively, you can input your data directly into the Datacall website.
Program: Datacall
Only residential Blue Box costs and tonnes are eligible for industry funding. Therefore, the portion of tonnes and costs from IC&I must be accounted for. There are different ways to calculate these allocations, including those listed below.

For collection, IC&I allocations may be determined by dividing the number of IC&I stops on a collection route by the total number of stops. The number of IC&I stops as a ratio of total stops is a good indicator of costs for collection activities. This allocation may then be applied to all costs and/or tonnes reported in that contract.

For Non-Blue Box allocations (e.g., if a truck co-collects Blue Box material and organics), costs must be apportioned to account for the collection of an additional waste stream.

Allocations for processing costs may be based on tonnes. For instance, if a municipality owns a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) that processes Blue Box material from another municipality, the tonnes and costs related to that processing would have to be removed from the reported tonnes and costs.

Depot costs may be handled in a similar manner, using the proportion of IC&I tonnes to remove ineligible costs. Alternatively, costs could be deducted according to the time that depot staff spend on Non-Blue Box materials, or the percentage of space at the depot allotted to Non-Blue Box materials.

If you are still having trouble allocating IC&I and Non-Blue Box percentages, contact the Authority at datacall@rpra.ca for assistance.
Program: Datacall
Collection

Public or municipal contract-based collection of or from:

Permanent or seasonal single and multi-family households (including rental, cooperative or condominium residential)

Multi-family households are defined as residential units in buildings with six or more units (per O.Reg 103/94)

Senior citizen residences and long-term care facilities

Public and secondary schools collected along a residential collection route, concurrently with residential tonnes

The residential component of publicly-operated (municipally-owned or contracted) drop-off depots, at dedicated depots, or depots at landfill sites

Public space recycling containers, if they are collected on a residential collection route concurrently with residential tonnes (tonnes from special events/festivals are not eligible)

Municipally owned and operated campgrounds can be reported as residential only if there are permanent households or seasonal households, i.e. a trailer park (weekend campgrounds are
considered IC&I)

Processing

Public or municipal contract-based collected materials from permanent or seasonal single and multi-family households (including rental, cooperative or condominium residential)

Collected materials from senior citizen residences and long-term care facilities where the materials are processed at a municipally-owned or contracted MRF

Public or municipal contract-based collected materials from public and secondary schools, collected during residential collection

Collected materials from public and secondary schools where the materials are processed at a municipally-owned MRF

Residential components of publicly-operated (municipally-owned or contracted) drop-off depots, located either at dedicated depots or landfill sites

Public space recycling containers that are comingled with residential Blue Box materials (e.g.
bins in public parks) collected along a residential route

To learn more, read pages 9 and 10 of the Datacall User Guide.
Program: Datacall

If you have a concern about your audit selection, please contact RPRA at datacall@rpra.ca.
Program: Datacall

As per page 9 of the Datacall User Guide, public and secondary schools collected along a residential route, concurrently with residential tonnes are eligible for funding.

If a separate or dedicated collection run is made, it is no longer eligible for funding.