Frequently Asked Questions

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Program: Tires

Topic: Collection systems , Collector , PRO

Collectors will have to independently enter into commercial agreements with producers, producer responsibility organizations (PROs) or other service providers such as haulers or processors to secure tire collection services. Collectors could also continue to operate within their existing agreements with service providers such as haulers or processors. As long as a collector’s site is part of a producer’s tire collection system, the producer, or their PRO, is obligated to ensure tires are picked up from that site.

Since producers now have legal obligations under the Tires Regulation, producers, or their PROs, will need your tires to meet their management requirements , but you must be registered with RPRA for your tires to count towards producers’ collection and management requirements (unless you are exempt from the registration requirement, for example, municipal sites, Crown sites and fleet operator sites).

A list of registered PROs and producers is available on RPRA’s website on the Find a Registrant page.
Program: Tires

Topic: Collector , Municipalities , Registration
You are a tire collector if you operate a tire collection site where more than 1000 kgs of tires are collected in a year. A tire collection site is a location where used tires are collected, including:

Repair shops, garages and vehicle dealerships (where used tires are collected as part of changing tires for customers)

Auto salvage and recycling sites

Any other site where end-of-life vehicles with tires are managed

You are not a tire collector if you operate a tire collection site where you:

Also retread tires or process tires (you would be a tire retreader or a tire processor for those sites); or

Only collect tires from the on-site servicing of vehicles that you own or operate (such as a site where you service your rental car fleet)

Municipalities can choose to operate collection sites, but they are exempt from registering with RPRA. For more information about municipal sites see: How does the Tires Regulation affect municipalities and First Nations?
Program: Tires

Topic: Collection systems , Municipalities
There is no requirement for a municipality to establish a tire collection site. Furthermore, municipalities that collect used tires are exempt from the requirement to register with RPRA as a collector or submit reports.

Although municipalities are not required to register as collectors, used tires from these sites can be used by producers to meet their collection requirements, provided they are picked up by a registered hauler and delivered to a registered processor or retreader.

To ensure tires continue to be picked up, municipalities will need to make sure those sites are included in the collection systems established by tire producers or Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs). Since most producers will work with PROs to establish their collection systems, municipalities should contact a registered PRO. Visit our webpage about PROs for more information.

If you operate collection sites after December 31, 2018 the sites must accept, at a minimum:

Passenger and light truck tires

Up to 10 passenger and light truck tires per day from any person

Tires on rims.

The site must also be operated and accept tires during normal business hours (i.e., during the hours your site is open to residents).

If you choose not to operate a tire collection site, you can redirect residents to a registered collection site. A full list of registered collection sites is available on RPRA’s website.

Note that a municipality that hauls tires is required to register as a hauler. Should a municipality take the tires to a registered collection site, this does not mean they become a hauler. A hauler must be taking tires to a site for processing, reuse, retreading or disposal.