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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Producer , Promotion and Education

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of oil filters or non-refillable pressurized containers, what are my promotion and education requirements?

  Beginning October 1, 2021, producers of oil filters and non-refillable pressurized containers, or PROs acting on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a promotion and education program including the following:

  • promote their collection and management services with respect to the type of HSP they are obligated for
  • provide the following information on a website with respect to that type of HSP:
    • the location of each HSP collection site established or operated by the producer that is accessible to the public and the types of HSP accepted at each site
    • the location and date of each HSP collection event held by the producer and the types of HSP accepted at each event
    • a description of the collection services provided by the producer, other than HSP collection sites and HSP collection events
    • a description of how the producer manages that type of HSP after it is collected
    • create promotional and educational materials with respect to that type of HSP that include the following:
      • the website URL
      • a description of how that type of HSP is collected and managed
    • the producer shall make the promotional and educational materials available to retailers that supply that type of HSP, municipal governments and Indigenous communities, and shall solicit and consider feedback on how the promotional and educational materials can be improved
    • the producer shall promote each HSP collection event for that type of HSP in the local municipality or territorial district where it will be held for at least one week prior to the date of the event using a combination of two or more forms of media, including but not limited to:
      • local print publications
      • local print media
      • local radio
      • local signage or social media

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of refillable propane containers, what are my management requirements?

  Producers of refillable propane containers have no management requirements.

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of fertilizers, what are my management requirements?

  Producers of fertilizers have no management requirements.

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers or thermostats, what are my management requirements?

  Producers shall ensure that, no later than three months after the day the material is collected, the HSP is processed by an HSP processor who is registered with RPRA.

  On and after January 1, 2023, producers or PROs on behalf of producers shall ensure that the HSP is processed by an HSP processor at a facility in respect of which the HSP processor reported an average recycling efficiency rate for that type of HSP that is at least the percentage set out in the table below.

  Type of HSP	Average Recycling Efficiency Rate (RER)
  Barometers, Thermometers and Thermostats	90%

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, refillable pressurized containers, solvents, paints or coatings, what are my management requirements?

  As of October 1, 2021, producers, or PROs acting on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a system for managing HSP by satisfying their management requirements as follows:

  • All oil containers, antifreeze, refillable pressurized containers, solvents, paints and coatings picked up from a collection site must be processed within three months from the date of the pickup
  • Producers of pesticides must ensure that pesticides are properly disposed of at an HSP disposal facility registered with the Authority no later than three months after the day the pesticides are collected
  • Producers must ensure that materials are processed by an HSP processor registered with the Authority. On and after January 1, 2023, producers or PROs on behalf of producers shall ensure that the HSP is processed by an HSP processor at a facility in respect of which the HSP processor reported an average recycling efficiency rate for that type of HSP that is at least the percentage set out in the table below

  Type of HSP	Average Recycling Efficiency Rate (RER)
  Antifreeze	90%
  Oil Containers	95%
  Paints and Coatings	75%
  Refillable Pressurized Containers	95%
  Solvents	10%

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Management activities , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of oil filters or non-refillable pressurized containers, what are my management requirements?

  As of October 1, 2021, producers, or PROs acting on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a management system and must:

  • process all oil filters and non-refillable pressurized containers picked up from a collection site within three months from the date of the pickup
  • ensure that materials are processed by an HSP processor registered with the Authority that has achieved the minimum recycling efficiency rate (RER)

  Beginning January 1, 2022, producers are required to recover an amount of material based on their average supply into Ontario and report on it starting in 2023. For the purposes of accounting for a weight of recovered resources from oil filters and/or non-refillable pressurized containers with respect to 2022, a producer may count the weight of recovered resources from that type of HSP from October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022.

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Collection systems , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of fertilizers, what are my collection requirements?

  Producers of fertilizers have no collection requirements.

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Collection systems , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers or thermostats, what are my collection requirements?

  As of October 1, 2021, producers of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats must provide a call-in service number for communities to call to request a pickup if requested by the following representatives:

  • a council of the band
  • a municipality not located in the Far North
  • a territorial district that is not located in the Far North
  • a depot owned or operated by the Crown not in the Far North

  Producers shall make reasonable efforts to collect the HSP within one year of being notified by a representative of a council of the band located on a reserve in the Far North.

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Collection systems , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of refillable propane containers, what are my collection requirements?

  As of October 1, 2021, producers of refillable propane containers must establish and operate a call-in collection number for the following representatives to request a pickup:

  • a council of the band
  • a municipality that is not located in the Far North
  • a reserve in the Far North
  • a territorial district that is not located in the Far North
  • a depot where refillable propane containers are collected, that is owned or operated by the Crown in right of Ontario and that is not located in the Far North

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• Program: Hazardous and Special Products

  Topic: Collection systems , Producer

  Toggle the submenu As an HSP producer of oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, non-refillable pressurized containers, refillable pressurized containers, solvents, paints or coatings, what are my collection requirements?

  From October 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022, producers are required to establish the following:

  • Collection sites – maintain at least the same number of sites that producers had at the end of the MHSW Program
  • Collection events – make best efforts to hold the same number of events in each community as in 2020
  • Call-in Service (only applicable to large producers) – provide a phone number for communities to call to request a pickup (of 100 kg or more) if requested by a council of the band, a municipality or a territorial district not located in the Far North, a depot owned or operated by the Crown not in the Far North.

  Large producers shall make reasonable efforts to collect the HSP within one year of being notified by a representative of a council of the band located on a reserve in the Far North.

  See our FAQ to understand “Am I a small, large or exempt HSP producer?“

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