Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ filtered results:
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Producer , Promotion and Education
There are no promotion or education requirements for producers of refillable pressurized containers.
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Producer , Promotion and Education
Beginning October 1, 2021, producers are obligated to:
- establish and operate a promotion and education program starting in 2022
- provide information on their website about how consumers can use, share and properly dispose of fertilizer with local requirements
- create promotional and education materials that include:
- The website URL
- A description of how consumers can use, share and properly dispose of fertilizer
- solicit, consider feedback from, and make the promotional and education materials available to:
- Indigenous communities
- Municipal governments
- Retailers that supply fertilizers
- provide information to municipalities on innovative end-use options for fertilizers as an alternative to disposal
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Producer , Promotion and Education
Beginning October 1, 2021, producers, or PROs acting on their behalf, of oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents, paints and coatings 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 address of the website
- 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
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Producer , Promotion and Education
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
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Management activities , Producer
Producers of refillable propane containers have no management requirements.
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Management activities , Producer
Producers of fertilizers have no management requirements.
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Management activities , Producer
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% -
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Management activities , Producer
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% -
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Management activities , Producer
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.
-
Program: Hazardous and Special ProductsTopic: Collection systems , Producer
Producers of fertilizers have no collection requirements.