Under the EEE Regulation, ITT/AV producers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing ITT/AV in Ontario.

Register

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

• Am I an ITT/AV producer?
• How do I determine if I am an exempt ITT/AV producer?
• What information is required for producers of ITT/AV to register with RPRA?
• Review our Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn how to register
• FAQs

As of January 1, 2021, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for ITT/AV in Ontario. Producers should reference the ITT/AV Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance.

Collection Sites

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

• If the ITT/AV collection site is not part of a retail location, the site must accept all ITT/AV
• If the ITT/AV collection site is part of a retail location, the site must accept, at a minimum, all ITT/AV that are of a similar size and function supplied by the producer at that location
• The ITT/AV collection site must be readily accessible to the public
• If the ITT/AV collection site is not a municipality or First Nation, it must be operated and accept ITT/AV during normal business hours throughout the performance year
• Municipal and First Nation collection sites are permitted to operate seasonally or on a limited number of days per week
• The ITT/AV collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 50 kilograms of ITT/AV 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 four tonnes of ITT/AV, they may notify a PRO or a large producer for pick up
• The ITT/AV must be collected within one year from notification
• For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, PROs or producers must make reasonable efforts to pick up the ITTAV within one year of being notified

Management Requirements

Producers must ensure that all ITT/AV 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.

For the 2025 performance year, every obligated producer shall ensure that at least 65% of ITT/AV they supplied into Ontario is reused, refurbished, or recycled. The amount of recovered resources should meet or exceed a producer’s management requirement, which is calculated based on the average of ITT/AV supplied over three years. For more information on minimum management requirements for future years, review this FAQ.

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, can work with registered ITT/AV processors and refurbishers to meet their management requirements. View the list of ITT/AV processors and refurbishers here.

Recovered resources (including batteries removed from ITT/AV) are:

• Materials used or destined to be used by a person for the making of new products or packaging
• Materials removed from old batteries used to enrich soil
• Glass used as aggregate from EEE (up to a 15% max weight for ITT/AV)
• Aggregate from batteries (up to 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 (unless they enrich soil or as aggregate within allowable limits)
• Aggregate over the allowed limits

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.

A PRO is a business established to contract with producers to provide collection and management and administrative services to help producers meet their regulatory obligations under the EEE Regulation, including:

• Arranging the establishment or operation of ITT/AV collection and management systems (hauling, recycling, reuse, or refurbishment services).
• Establishing or operating a collection or management system
• Preparing and submitting reports and payment

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

As of August 1, 2024, collection activities must be regularly updated in the Registry. For more information and 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, ITT/AV producers must submit the following information in RPRA’s Registry about the ITT/AV they supplied into Ontario:

• The weight of ITT/AV they supplied into Ontario in the calendar year, two years prior
• A list of of the brands that make up the ITT/AV they supplied into Ontario in the calendar year, two years prior

Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure. Starting in 2023 and every year thereafter, verification of supply data is only required for large producers, as defined in the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure. Small producers will no longer be required to submit a verification report but will be subject to inspections. Verification requirements are outlined in Appendix D of the EEE Registry Procedure – Verification and Audit.

Note: For the purposes of supply reporting verification, the definition of small and large producer is different than the definition in the EEE Regulation. View this FAQ to determine if you are a small or large ITT/AV producer.

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

• What ITT/AV needs to be reported?
• Review RPRA’s Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn how to report your data

Deadline: ITT/AV supply reporting is due April 30 of each year.

Annual Performance Reporting

For the 2025 performance period, producers are required to ensure that at least 65% of ITT/AV supplied into Ontario is processed, refurbished or reused. For more information on minimum management requirements for future years, review this FAQ. 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 ITT/AV collected
• Total weight of collected ITT/AV that were refurbished
• Total weight of materials recovered from processing the collected ITT/AV (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.)

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their mandatory collection and management requirements. 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 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.

Beginning in 2025, producers or PROs reporting on their behalf, will be required to submit an audit verifying their performance reporting. More information about performance audit requirements will be communicated later this year when the procedure is finalized. Learn more.

Deadline: ITT/AV performance reporting is due April 30 of each year.