Frequently Asked Questions

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• Program: Lighting

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , Producer , Registration , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu What do I have to do if I am an exempt lighting producer?

  An exempt producer is not required to:

  • Register and report to RPRA;
  • Establish a collection and management system and meet a management requirement; and
  • Promotion and education requirements.

  Exempt producers must retain records related to the weight of lighting supplied into Ontario each year and provide them to the Authority upon request.

  See our FAQ to understand “How do I determine if I am an exempt lighting producer?”

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• Program: Hazardous Waste

  Topic: AGD , Generator

  Toggle the submenu If I am the account administrator, will I be able to assign one staff member to be responsible for a specific facility, and another staff member to be responsible for a separate facility? For example, facility 1 person only looks after and can view facility 1 records, while facility 2 person only looks after and can only view facility 2 records? 

  No. All secondary users of the account will be able to access all facilities in the account. Once you create an account for your company, any user associated with the account can setup and manage all facilities under that one account. 

  The HWP Registry is equipped with a robust search and filter functionality to make it easier for users within the account to locate and manage the facilities they are responsible for

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• Program: Hazardous Waste

  Topic: General , Registry , RPRA Program and Registry Fees

  Toggle the submenu Will existing Hazardous Waste Program fee exemptions exist in the HWP Registry?

  Yes. The new Subject Waste Program Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, preserves and clarifies existing Hazardous Waste Program fee exemptions, which RPRA must follow when recovering the cost to operate the HWP Registry.  

  Existing exemptions include:  

  • Municipal hazardous or special waste 
  • Contaminated sites 
  • Emergencies (spills) 
  • Tonnage-fee exempt recycling facilities 

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• Program: Hazardous Waste

  Topic: Generator , Registry

  Toggle the submenu How will a generator be notified of an action in the HWP Registry? For example, when a service provider has received and signed for the waste or if there is a signature required by the generator.

  Generators can log into the HWP Registry at any time to see the status of all their manifests from the homepage. From there, they will be able to use filters to only show manifests that require their action (e.g., signature required).

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• Program: Blue Box

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , Municipalities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu Do producers need to provide collection services to new single-family residences during the transition period? Is a municipality’s natural growth accommodated during the transition period?

  Yes, producers are obligated to provide collection services to new single-family residences that come into existence during the transition period.

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• Program: Blue Box

  Topic: Collection systems , Municipalities , PRO , Producer , Registration , Registry

  Toggle the submenu As a producer or municipality, do the 2022 Blue Box Regulation amendments change anything for me?

  For most producers and for all municipalities, little has changed:

  1. Rule creators and the rule creation process, including the allocation table, have been removed. Instead, each producer is responsible for providing Blue Box collection to every eligible source in Ontario and creating a province-wide system for collection.
  2. Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) are now required to submit a report to RPRA on how they will operate the Blue Box system on behalf of producers.
  3. Newspaper producers whose newspaper supply accounts for more than 70% of their total Blue Box supply to consumers in Ontario are exempt from collection, management, and promotion and education requirements.

  The amendments do not change or impact:

  • Producer registration or 2020 supply data reporting to RPRA
  • Most producers’ 2021 supply data reporting to RPRA
  • The materials collected in the Blue Box system
  • The communities that receive collection or the collection requirements
  • The transition schedule and its timelines

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• Program: Blue Box

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , PRO , Producer

  Toggle the submenu What has replaced the Rule Creation process in the amended Blue Box Regulation?

  With the removal of the rule creation process and allocation table as the tools to create and maintain the Blue Box collection system, the amended regulation now requires producer responsibility organizations (PROs) to submit a report that outlines how they will operate the Blue Box collection system on behalf of producers, ensuring that materials are collected from all eligible communities (i.e., communities outside of the Far North) across the province.

  Circular Materials Ontario and Ryse Solutions Ontario PROs submitted a Blue Box PRO initial report to RPRA on July 1, 2022, that provides the following information:

  • A description of how they will comply with the collection requirements of the regulation, including any agreements between themselves and any other PRO
  • A detailed description of how they will make collected Blue Box materials available for processing, how materials will be processed, and the expected location of receiving facilities in Ontario
  • A description of how they will comply with the promotion and education requirements of the regulation

  You can read the news release and the initial report here.

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• Program: Blue Box

  Topic: Producer , Registration , Registry , Reporting

  Toggle the submenu How do I register and report if I am a newspaper producer?

  For the purpose of reporting annual supply data under the Blue Box Regulation, the weight of newspaper must be reported in the appropriate material categories. For example, newsprint must be reported in the ‘paper’ category, while any protective plastic wrapping must be reported as ‘flexible plastic’.

  Then, producers will be asked to indicate what percentage of their total Blue Box material supply was newspaper, including any protective wrapping and supplemental advertisements and inserts, in that calendar year.

  See our FAQs: “What is a newspaper?” and “Who is a newspaper producer?”

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• Program: Hazardous Waste

  Topic: General , Registry

  Toggle the submenu Where can I find information about the Hazardous Waste Program and associated regulations?

  More information about the program and the associated regulations is available through the following resources:

  • The ministry’s Hazardous Waste Management webpage: https://www.ontario.ca/page/hazardous-waste-management-business-and-industry
  • The revised Registration Guidance Manual for Generators of Liquid Industrial and Hazardous Waste.
  • Regulation 347: General – Waste Management under the Environmental Protection Act: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900347
  • Ontario Regulation 323/22: Subject Waste Program under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r22323

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• Program: Datacall

  Toggle the submenu Is there updated guidance related to accounting for non-obligated materials (i.e. some municipalities collect pots and pans and horticultural plastics in their program)?

  No. You are encouraged to continue to report all Blue Box tonnes into the Datacall.

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