Under the Batteries Regulation, battery producers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing batteries in Ontario.

Register

Have questions about registration? View the following resources: 

• Am I a battery producer?
• How do I determine if I am an exempt battery producer?
• What information is required for producers of batteries to register with RPRA?
• Review RPRA’s Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn how to register
• FAQs

Producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for their single-use (primary) or rechargeable batteries in Ontario. Producers should reference the Battery Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance. 

Collection Sites 

Producers must ensure that consumers can drop off batteries free of charge at each site that is part of their collection system and satisfy the following requirements: 

• If the battery collection site is not part of a retail location, it must accept all batteries. 

• If the battery collection site is part of a retail location it must accept, at a minimum, all batteries that are of a similar size, function and category of batteries sold at the location. 

• The battery collection site must be readily accessible to the public. 

• If the battery collection site is not a municipality or First Nation, it must be operated and accept batteries during normal business hours throughout the performance year. 

• Municipal and First Nation collection sites are permitted to operate seasonally or for a limited number of days per week. 

• The battery collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 15kg of batteries per day from any person. 

Producers can reduce their accessibility requirements by providing options such as curbside collection, mail back programs, or collection events. 

Call-in collection 

For First Nation reserves, Ontario Crown sites, and municipal sites located in municipalities with a population less than 1,000, the following requirements apply: 

• Once the site has one tonne of used batteries, they may notify a PRO or a large producer for pick up. 

• The batteries must be collected within one year from notification

For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, PROs or large producers must make reasonable efforts to pick up the batteries within one year of being notified. 

Management Requirements

Producers must ensure that every battery picked up from a collection site, regardless of whether it is part of the producer’s collection system, is managed (reused, refurbished or processed) within three months of the pickup date. 

Every obligated producer shall ensure that at least 50% of batteries they supplied into Ontario are reused, refurbished or recycled. The weight of recovered resources should equal or exceed a producer’s management requirement, which is calculated based on the average of batteries supplied over three years. For more information on minimum requirements, review this FAQ. 

Recovered resources are: 

• Materials used or destined to be used by a person for the making of new products or packaging 

• Materials used to enrich soil 

• Materials used as aggregate (up to a 15% of management requirement

Materials that are not considered recovered (cannot count toward performance) include: 

• Materials that are land disposed 

• Materials that are incinerated or used as fuel or a fuel supplement 

• Materials that are stored, stockpiled, used as a daily landfill cover or otherwise deposited on land 

Producers or PROs on their behalf can work with registered battery processors listed on RPRA’s website to meet their management requirements. View the list of battery processors here. 

Working with PROs 

Producers have the choice of establishing and operating their own collection and management systems or working with one or more producer responsibility organizations (PROs) registered with RPRA to meet their obligations.  

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their requirements, including reporting. If you have not yet contracted with a PRO, it is important that you do so as soon as possible to ensure that you can meet your obligations. In order for a PRO to report on your behalf, you must identify them in the Registry. Learn more about PROs here. 

A PRO is a person retained by a producer for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the following producer regulatory obligations under the Batteries Regulation: 

• Arranging the establishment or operation of collection and management systems (hauling, recycling, reuse or refurbishment services) 

• Establishing or operating a collection or management system 

• Preparing and submitting reports 

PROs operate in a competitive market, and producers can choose the PRO (or PROs) they want to work with. The terms and conditions of each contract with a PRO may vary. View the list of registered PROs here. 

Collection Activity Reporting

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, must regularly update their collection activities in the Registry. Collection activities refer to collection sites, events and seasonal events, call-in and other activity types related material collection systems.  

For step-by-step instructions on how to report collection activities, read our guide.  

For more information on reported collection activities that may appear on RPRA’s Where to Recycle map, view these FAQs. 

Annual Supply Reporting

Each year, battery producers must submit the following information in RPRA’s Registry about the batteries they supplied in Ontario: 

• The weight of single-use batteries supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year 

• If applicable, the weight of post-consumer recycled content contained in the batteries supplied in Ontario in the previous calendar year 

• Provide a list of brands that make up the single-use batteries supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year 

• The weight of rechargeable batteries supplied into Ontario two years prior 

• If applicable, the weight of post-consumer recycled content contained in the batteries supplied in Ontario two years prior 

• Provide a list of brands that make up the rechargeable batteries supplied into Ontario two years prior 

Producers are also required to pay their annual program fee when submitting their supply report.  

Have questions about supply data reporting? View the following resources: 

• What batteries need to be reported?

• Review our Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn how to report your data

Deadline: Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the Batteries Verification and Audit Procedure by April 30 of each year.

Supply data verification reporting

Each year, large battery producers are required to submit a supply data verification report in accordance with the Batteries Registry Procedure – Verification and Audit. Small producers are not required to submit a verification report but will be subject to inspections.

As outlined in the registry procedure, large producers are defined as such:

• Large single-use battery producer is a producer whose average annual supply, calculated over a rolling three‑year period, is equal to or more than 100,000 kg
• Large rechargeable battery producer is a producer whose average annual supply, calculated over a rolling three‑year period, is equal to or more than 12,000 kg

Note: For the purposes of supply data verification, the definition of large and small producer differs from the definitions used in the Batteries Regulation.

For more information on the updated producer definitions, please see our FAQ: ‘For annual supply reporting verification, how do I know if I am a small or large battery producer?’.

Deadline: Battery producers who meet the “large producer” threshold in the updated procedure must submit a supply data verification report by June 30, 2026.

Please note that this deadline has been extended from the deadline in the regulation due to RPRA’s consultation on updating large and small producer category thresholds, which were finalized and posted on May 1, 2026.

Annual Performance Reporting

Each year, producers, or PROs on their behalf, will have to report on the extent to which they were able to achieve their management requirement. 

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to report the following information annually in the Registry: 

• Total weight of single-use and rechargeable batteries collected 

• Total weight of single-use and rechargeable batteries that were refurbished 

• Total weight of materials recovered from processing the collected single-use and rechargeable batteries (e.g. metals, chemicals, etc.) 

• A PRO may submit the performance report on a producer’s behalf, but it remains the producer’s responsibility to ensure their report is submitted by the deadline.

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their requirements, including reporting. If you have not yet contracted with a PRO, it is important that you do so as soon as possible to ensure that you can meet your obligations. In order for a PRO to report on your behalf, you must identify them in the Registry. Learn more about PROs here. 

Deadline: Performance reporting is due April 30 of each year. 

Performance audit reporting

RPRA is delaying the requirement for producers and PROs to submit a performance audit report in 2026. This decision was made because RPRA is in the process of finalizing its registry procedure for performance audit reporting. Battery producers and PROs will be required to submit their first performance audit report at a later time, to be confirmed in consultation with PROs, and in accordance with the finalized procedure.