Frequently Asked Questions
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Program: Excess SoilTopic: Registry , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
Registry fees cover the Authority’s costs to build, deploy and maintain the Registry, and to provide ongoing support to Registry users. As an administrative delegated authority of the Government of Ontario, the Authority does not receive any government funding and funds its operations through fees charged to regulated parties. The Authority operates on a cost-recovery basis.
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Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , TiresTopic: Producer , Registration , Reporting , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
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.
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Program: Blue BoxTopic: Producer , Reporting
Yes, producers are legally required to register and report to RPRA. There are some differences between which materials were reported to Stewardship Ontario as a steward and what must now be reported to RPRA as a producer. Differences include:
- newly obligated materials
- brand holder in Canada now obligated (rather than Ontario)
- producer must report total supply, and then report any weight to be deducted separately.
During transition years, stewards must meet their requirements (e.g., paying fees to Stewardship Ontario) under the Blue Box Program Plan and the WDTA. Producers also have requirements under the new Blue Box Regulation and the RRCEA, which includes registering, reporting, paying their program fee to RPRA and establishing collection, management and promotion and education systems for Blue Box materials.
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Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , TiresTopic: Producer , Registration , Registry , Reporting , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
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.
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Program: Hazardous WasteTopic: AGD , Generator , Registry , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
The HWP Registry is unable to accept partial payments for invoices issued to an account. Monthly invoices will include the applicable fees for all manifests completed during the previous month and will break fees down by facility. Consider an internal business process to bill back each facility as required.
See FAQ: Can we set up separate invoices for each facility within one account?
See FAQ: What information is included on an invoice for HWP Registry fees? -
Program: Hazardous WasteTopic: AGD , Generator , Registry , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
Admin Primary Secondary Receive invoice notifications via email ⚫ ⚫ Pay invoices in the Registry ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Download invoices in the Registry ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Filter invoices by facility, date, invoice number, payment status ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ View manifests with fees ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Download manifests with fees reports ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Receive separate invoices for each facility within one account Not Applicable Pre-payment of invoices Not Applicable Make partial payment to invoices Not Applicable -
Program: Batteries , Blue Box , Hazardous and Special Products , ITT/AV , Lighting , TiresTopic: Producer , Registry
Account admins have access to all information within a registrant’s account. They can create and assign primary and secondary users’ access to the account, edit and submit reports, and pay fees. They are the only ones who can manage PROs. Account admins can view all activities users undertake. They will also be the recipient of emails from the Registry portal.
Primary users can only assign secondary users’ access to the account, edit and submit reports and pay fees.
Secondary users can only edit and submit reports and pay fees.
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Program: Hazardous WasteTopic: General , Registry
Each registry account has one account administrator, who is responsible for enrolling the company in programs (e.g., HWP, batteries, etc.) and adding/removing additional account users.
There is one primary user for each program enrolment. In HWP, the primary user can add/remove users to the HWP program, add program roles (such as generator, carrier or receiver) and is the point of contact to receive email notifications (such as when a new invoice is available).
Secondary users in the HWP can create and edit generator facilities and waste information (generator/AGD roles only); add ECA information and edit contact information (carrier/receiver roles only); create, edit and sign manifests.
Driver users are specific to the carrier role in the HWP program. Drivers can create, edit and sign manifests but cannot add ECA information.
Manifest-only users, like the driver user role, have a reduced level of access limited to viewing, creating, editing and signing manifests. They cannot view, edit, or manage facilities, or view information related to fees.
Account admins can manage password resets for all active users in the account. Primary users are also able to manage password resets, but only for active users within the programs they are the primary user for. If secondary users, drivers or manifest-only users require a password reset, they can reach out to the account admin or primary user to do so.
User Management
Functionalities Admin Primary Secondary Driver* Manifest-only Add/remove users across programs ⚫ Reset passwords for all users across programs ⚫ Add / remove users to same program ⚫ ⚫ Reset passwords for active users within the same program ⚫ ⚫ Receive invoice notifications ⚫ ⚫ Create / manage facilities ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Create / manage wastes ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ View / create / edit and sign manifests ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ *Available only to accounts where the carrier role is selected. Drivers will only be able to view and action manifests where the company is listed as the carrier -
Program: Hazardous WasteTopic: AGD , Generator , Registry , RPRA Program and Registry Fees
The HWP Registry is unable to issue separate invoices for different facilities managed under one account.
Monthly invoices will include the applicable fees for manifests completed during the previous month and will break fees down by facility. If a user is looking for more details about facility-specific activities, they can find that information in the registry.
See FAQ: What information is included on an invoice for HWP Registry fees?
See FAQ: Can I submit a partial payment for only the facilities I manage? -
Program: Hazardous WasteTopic: Registry , Reporting
Starting January 1, obligated parties are required to report on waste management activities, including manifesting, through the online HWP Registry instead of reporting through the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Park’s Hazardous Waste Information Network (HWIN) and instead of using paper manifests.
The regulated community no longer has access to HWIN to manage their accounts and pay fees associated with activities from 2022 or earlier.
If necessary, the ministry will contact generators to address balances remaining in HWIN pre-paid accounts from 2022.