Frequently Asked Questions

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Municipalities , Registration

  Toggle the submenu Do municipalities have to register with RPRA?

  No. Municipalities that collect used tires are exempt from the requirement to register with RPRA as a collector or submit reports. Furthermore, there is no requirement for a municipality to establish a tire collection site. Note that a municipality that arranges for the hauling of tires is required to register as a hauler.

  Read the FAQ: ‘How does the Tires Regulation affect municipalities?’ for more information.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , PRO

  Toggle the submenu Is a PRO required to make my collection site part of their collection system?

  A producer responsibility organization (PRO) is not necessarily required to include each and every collection site in Ontario in their collection system. However, producers and PROs acting on their behalf are required to establish and operate a collection system that meets the requirements of the Tires Regulation.

  If a collection site operator is unable to be included in a collection system, the operator should contact RPRA’s Compliance Team at registry@rpra.ca, 647-496-0530 or toll free at 1-833-600-0530 for assistance.

  Read Compliance Bulletin – Tire Collection Systems for more information. The contact information for all registered PROs is available on the producer responsibility organization webpage.

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• Program: Batteries , ITT/AV , Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , PRO , Producer

  Toggle the submenu If a producer meets its collection and management requirements early, can it stop collecting and processing materials?

  No. Producers and PROs working on their behalf must operate the collection systems they have established as required by the Regulation even after their requirements are met. If a consumer is refused permission to drop off materials at a registered collection site, they can contact the Compliance and Registry Team at registry@rpra.ca, 647-496-0530 or toll-free at 1-833-600-0530.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , First Nation communities , Municipalities , Registration

  Toggle the submenu If a municipality or First Nation hires a private company to operate their collection site, does the private company have to register and report that site?

  No. If a municipality has a private company operating a site on their behalf, the company is not required to register the municipally-owned sites as long as the tires are picked up by a registered hauler and delivered to a registered processor or retreader.

  If the private company owns or operates collection sites that are not owned by a municipality, it is required to register and report its non-municipally-owned sites.

  To ensure tires continue to be picked up from your sites, you 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.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Management activities , PRO , Producer

  Toggle the submenu I’m a producer. How do I set up my tire collection and tire management network?

  The Tires Regulation requires producers to submit to the Registry the identity of each tire collector and tire collection site that is a part of that producer’s tire collection system. It is up to each producer, or a producer responsibility organization (PRO) on the producer’s behalf, to identify the tire collection sites that will be used in their tire collection systems.

  Tire collectors are required to register and identify their collection sites (i.e., the address for every individual site where tires are collected). The collection site data will be used to populate a list of collection sites that will be available to producers and PROs. Producers, or their PROs, will be required to identify their tire collection systems.

  Please read Compliance Bulletin -Tire Collection Systems for compliance guidance to producers who are required to establish and operate tire collection systems under the Tires Regulation.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Collector , PRO

  Toggle the submenu I’m a collector. Who will pick up my tires?

  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.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collector , Registration

  Toggle the submenu I service my own fleet of vehicles, am I a tire collector?

  If you collect used tires at your site as a result of onsite servicing of your vehicles, you are not a tire collector for the purposes of the Tires Regulation and you are exempt from registering as a collector with RPRA.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Collector , Hauler , Management activities , Processor , Retreader

  Toggle the submenu I have questions about my Environmental Compliance Approval for tires. Where can I get more information?

  Contact the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks for any information about Environmental Compliance Approvals.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collector , Producer , Promotion and Education , Registration

  Toggle the submenu I am a retailer. What does the Tires Regulation mean for me?

  As a retailer, you may also be a producer and/or a collector, based on the definitions in the Tires Regulation.

  Businesses will continue to have discretion over whether they charge a fee to recover the cost of recycling their products. If a business chooses to charge a fee, they are no longer required to provide information about who is charging the visible fee and what it will be used for.

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• Program: Tires

  Topic: Collection systems , Collector , Municipalities

  Toggle the submenu I am a municipality and I do not want to be a tire collector. Can I bring tires dropped off by residents to a registered collector?

  Yes. However, the collection site may only allow up to 10 tires from a person in a single day to be dropped off. If the site is willing to accept more than 10 tires at a time, the site operator is required to record the municipality’s name, contact information, and the number of tires being dropped off. If a municipality chooses not to operate any tire collection sites, residents can be directed to a registered collector.

  Contact RPRA’s Compliance Team at registry@rpra.ca, 647-496-0530 or toll free at 1-833-600-0530 if you or your residents have any issues dropping off less than 10 tires to a registered collector’s site.

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