Hazardous and Special Products Producers

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A person is considered a producer under the Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) Regulation if they supply oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze, solvents, paints and coatings, pesticides, pressurized containers (non-refillable and refillable) or refillable propane containers into Ontario and one of the following applies:

  • Are the brand holder and have residency in Canada
  • Have residency in Ontario and import from outside of Ontario
  • Have residency in Ontario and markets directly to consumers in Ontario (e.g. online sales)
  • Does not have residency in Ontario and markets directly to consumers in Ontario (e.g. online sales)

A person is considered a producer under the HSP Regulation if they supply oil filters and antifreeze in new vehicles sold in Ontario and one of the following applies:

  • Are the vehicle manufacturer and have residency in Canada
  • Have residency in Ontario and import new vehicles for sale in Ontario
  • Have residency in Ontario and supply directly to consumers in Ontario
  • Does not have residency in Ontario and supply directly to consumers in Ontario

A person is considered a producer under the HSP Regulation if they supply mercury-containing barometers, thermometers or thermostats into Ontario and one of the following applies:

  • Are the brand holder and have residency in Canada
  • If there is no resident brand holder, the brand holder of barometers, thermometers or thermostats supplied to consumers in Ontario that do not contain mercury

A person is considered a producer under the HSP Regulation if they supply fertilizers into Ontario, and

  • They are the brand holder, and have residency in Canada

Even if you do not meet the above definitions, there may be circumstances where you qualify as a producer.

Note: There are exemptions under the HSP Regulation for category A and B. If an HSP producer meets the exemption threshold for a material type, they are not required to register or report to RPRA. The exemption thresholds change each year, and a producer must confirm each year whether they are below the threshold. Learn more about determining if you are an exempt HSP producer.

 

What are my obligations under the HSP Regulation?

*Refillable pressurized containers are now under category E. 

**Effective in 2025, and going forward, processors of Category A materials are no longer required to calculate or report on their recycling efficiency rate (RER). Producers (or PROs on their behalf) are no longer required to work with processors that meet specified RERs. In 2027, producers of Category B materials (but not pesticides) and Category C materials must use a processor who met, at a minimum, an average RER specified in the HSP regulation, in the calendar year two years prior for the type of HSP.

 

Click the headings below to learn more about your obligations as a producer for each material. Materials that have the same requirements are grouped together, with differences identified below.

Oil filters and non-refillable pressurized containers are under category A in the HSP Regulation and have the following definitions:

  • Oil filters produced and/or arriving in Ontario which are for sale, directly or as part of a product.
  • Non-refillable pressurized containers that are used to supply a gas product, including propane, but cannot be refilled.

Registering with RPRA

Under the HSP Regulation, producers of oil filters and non-refillable pressurized containers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing the HSP material in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

As of January 1, 2025, vehicle brand holders, importers and marketers are newly obligated for the antifreeze and oil filters supplied in new vehicles that are sold in Ontario . These producers are required to register and report and provide the weights of antifreeze and oil filters that were supplied in new vehicles from 2022 to 2024 by July 31, 2025. T Beginning on January 1, 2026, these newly obligated producers will also be required to fulfill collection and management obligations. Producers of factory installed oil filters and antifreeze whose obligations changed on January 1, 2025 must:

  • Notify RPRA of their new status before July 31, 2025, and
  • Provide revised weights of the materials they are no longer obligated for (e.g., antifreeze, oil filters, or both) for 2022 to 2024.

Collection and Management

As of October 1, 2021, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for HSP in Ontario. Producers should reference the Hazardous and Special Products Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance.

Collection Sites

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

  • If the HSP collection site is operated by a municipality or territorial district, the site must accept, at a minimum, all types of HSP in the same category.
  • If the HSP collection site is not owned by a municipality or local services board, it must accept HSP 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 HSP collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 25 kg per day of each type of HSP accepted at the site from any person.

Producers can reduce their accessibility requirements by providing options such as curbside collection, mail back programs, collection events or other alternative collection systems. Read the compliance bulletin for detailed guidance on collection systems for each material type.

Call-in collection

All First Nation communities can contact a large producer or PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect more than 100 kg of HSP material. Large producers or PROs must collect HSP material from First Nation reserves south of the Far North within three months of the request being made. For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, large producers or PROs must make reasonable efforts to pick up the HSP material within one year of being notified.

Ontario crown sites, municipalities, and territorial districts south of the Far North can contact a large producer or a PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect more than 100 kg of HSP material. The large producer or PRO must collect HSP material within one year from the time the request is made.

Management Requirements

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, must ensure that all HSP picked up from a collection site, regardless of whether it is part of the producer’s collection system, is processed within three months of the pickup date.

For the 2025 performance year and subsequent years, every obligated producer shall ensure that at least 85% of oil filters and 30% of non-refillable pressurized containers 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 HSP supplied over three years. For more information on minimum management requirements for future years, review the FAQs.

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, can work with registered HSP processors to meet their management requirements. View the list of HSP processors here.

Recovered resources are:

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

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

With respect to the weight of recovered resources from oil filters, the following must not be counted:

  • Any oil residue contained in the used oil filter
  • Any oil which is captured, recaptured, extracted, collected or diverted during processing

Promotion and Education

Producers, or PROs acting on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a promotion and education program to:

  • 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

Additionally:

  • The producer shall make the promotional and educational materials available to retailers that supply that type of HSP, municipal governments and First Nation 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.

Reporting and Audit Requirements

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.

Annual Supply Reporting

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

  • The weight of HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.
  • A list of the brands that make up the HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.

Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure.

Starting in 2024 and every year thereafter, verification of supply data is only required for large producers, as defined in the. Small producers will no longer be required to submit a verification report but will be subject to inspections. Verification requirements are outlined in Appendix B of the Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure. View this FAQ to determine if you are a small or large HSP producer for supply verification reporting.

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

Deadline: HSP supply reporting is due July 31 of each year.

 

Annual Performance Reporting

For the 2025 performance period and subsequent years, producers are required to ensure that at least 85% of oil filters and 30% of non-refillable pressurized containers supplied into Ontario is processed, refurbished or reused. For more information on minimum management requirements, 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 HSP collected
  • Total weight of materials recovered from processing the collected HSP (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.)
  • Total weight of materials processed from that type of HSP that were:
    • Land disposed
    • Incinerated
    • Used as a fuel or a fuel supplement, or
      Stored, stockpiled, used as daily landfill cover or otherwise deposited on land
  • A description of the activities undertaken by the producer to comply with the promotion and education requirements.

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: HSP performance reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents, paints and coatings are under category B in the HSP Regulation and have the following definitions:

  • Oil containers that have a capacity of 30 litres or less and that were manufactured and used for the purpose of containing lubricating oil.
  • Antifreeze that contains ethylene or propylene glycol used or intended for use as a vehicle engine coolant.
  • Pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or insecticides that are registered under the Pest Control Products Act.
  • Solvents that are used to dissolve or thin a compatible substance, comprised of 10% or more of water-immiscible liquid hydrocarbons, including halogen-substituted liquid hydrocarbons.
  • Paints and coatings that contain latex, oil or solvent-based architectural coatings whether tinted or untinted, non-pesticide marine paints, paints for automotive craft and industrial applications.

Note: As of January 1, 2025, refillable pressurized containers are now under category E.

Under the following material categories, the product’s primary packaging is also obligated:

  • Antifreeze
  • Paints and coatings
  • Pesticides
  • Solvents

Note: Primary packaging made of corrugated and boxboard boxes, plastic film, shrink wrap or printed materials is not obligated under the HSP Regulation, please see the Blue Box Regulation for more information and possible obligations.

  • Oil containers, solvents, paints and coatings, fertilizers and pesticides are only obligated when supplied in a container that has a capacity of 30 litres/30 kg, or less.
  • All antifreeze supplied, regardless of container size and including the antifreeze supplied in new vehicles, must be reported. However, the antifreeze container is only obligated when supplied in a container that has a capacity of 30 litres/30 kg, or less.

Registering with RPRA

Under the HSP Regulation, producers of oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents, paints and coatings are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of supplying HSP in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

Note: As of January 1st, 2025, vehicle brand holders, importers and marketers are newly obligated for the antifreeze and oil filters supplied in new vehicles that are sold in Ontario.. These producers are required to register and report and provide the weights of antifreeze and oil filters that were supplied in new vehicles from 2022 to 2024 by July 31st, 2025. Beginning on January 1, 2026, these newly obligated producers will also be required to fulfill collection and management obligations.

Producers of factory installed oil filters and antifreeze whose obligations changed on January 1, 2025 must:

  • Notify RPRA of their new status before July 31, 2025, and
    Provide revised weights of the materials they are no longer obligated for (e.g., antifreeze, oil filters, or both) for 2022 to 2024.

Collection and Management

As of October 1, 2021, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for HSP in Ontario. Producers should reference the Hazardous and Special Products Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance.

Collection Sites

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

  • If the HSP collection site is operated by a municipality or territorial district, the site must accept, at a minimum, all types of HSP in the same category.
  • If the HSP collection site is not owned by a municipality or local services board, it must accept HSP 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 HSP collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 25 kilograms per day of each type of HSP accepted at the site from any person.

Producers can reduce their accessibility requirements by providing options such as curbside collection, mail back programs, or collection events. Read the compliance bulletin for detailed guidance on collection systems for each material type.

Call-in collection

All First Nation communities can contact a large producer or PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect more than 100 kilograms of HSP material. Large producers or PROs must collect HSP material from First Nation reserves south of the Far North within one year from notification. For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, large producers or PROs must make reasonable efforts to pick up the HSP material within one year of being notified.

Ontario crown sites, municipalities, and territorial districts south of the Far North can contact a large producer or a PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect more than 100kg of HSP material. The large producer or PRO must collect HSP material within one year from the time the request is made.

Management Requirements

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a system for managing HSP, and meet the following requirements:

  • All oil containers, antifreeze, solvents, paints and coatings picked up from a collection site must be processed within three months of the pickup date. Producers must ensure that materials are processed by an HSP processor registered with RPRA
  • All pesticides must be disposed of within three months of the pickup date. Producers must ensure that materials are disposed of by an HSP disposal facility registered with RPRA

Recovered resources are:

  • Materials used or destined to be used by a person for the making of new products or packaging
  • Products that are reused by a person; and
  • With respect to paints and coatings, up to 15 per cent of the weight may be counted as recovered resources with respect to concrete and landscaping applications

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

Promotion and education

Producers, 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 address
    • 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 First Nation 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.

Reporting and Audit Requirements

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.

Annual Supply Reporting

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

  • The weight of HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.
  • A list of the brands that make up the HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.

Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure.

Starting in 2024 and every year thereafter, verification of supply data is only required for large producers, as defined in Appendix B of the Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure. Small producers will no longer be required to submit a verification report but will be subject to inspections. View this FAQ to determine if you are a small or large HSP producer for supply data verification reporting.

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

Deadline: HSP supply reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Annual Performance Reporting

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

  • Total weight of HSP collected
  • Total weight of materials recovered from processing the collected HSP (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.)
  • Total weight of materials processed from that type of HSP that were:
    • Land disposed
    • Incinerated
    • Used as a fuel or a fuel supplement, or
    • Stored, stockpiled, used as daily landfill cover or otherwise deposited on land
  • A description of the activities undertaken by the producer to comply with the promotion and education requirements.

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: HSP performance reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Barometers, thermometers and thermostats are under category C in the HSP Regulation and have the following definitions:

  • Barometers that contain mercury, are intended for residential use and may contain electronic components.
  • Thermometers that contain mercury, are intended for residential use to measure body or air temperature and may contain electronic component.
  • Thermostats that contain mercury and may contain electronic components.

Registering with RPRA

Under the HSP Regulation, producers of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing these products in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

Collection and Management

As of October 1, 2021, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for HSP in Ontario. Producers should reference the Hazardous and Special Products Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance.

Call-in collection

All First Nation communities can contact an HSP producer or PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats. Producers or PROs must collect HSP material from First Nation reserves south of the Far North within three months from notification. For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, producers or PROs must make reasonable efforts to pick up the HSP material within one year of being notified.

Ontario crown sites, municipalities, and territorial districts south of the Far North can contact a producer or a PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect this type of HSP material. The producer or PRO must collect the HSP within one year from the time the request is made.

Management Requirements

Producers must ensure that all mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats picked up from a collection site, must be processed within three months of the pickup date. Producers, or PROs on their behalf, can work with registered processors. View the list of HSP processors here.

Recovered resources are:

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

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

Promotion and education

Producers, 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 presence of mercury in that type of HSP
    • How to distinguish that type of HSP from similar products that do not contain mercury
    • The hazards to human health and the environment related to mercury
    • How consumers can properly dispose of that type of HSP
    • A description of the collection services provided by the producer under the regulation for that type of HSP
    • A description of how the producer manages that type of HSP after it is collected under the regulation
  • 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

See our FAQ: As an HSP producer of fertilizers, what are my promotion and education requirements?

Reporting and Audit Requirements

Collection Activity Reporting

As of August 1, 2024, call-in collection services must be regularly updated in the Registry. For more information and step-by-step instructions on how to report collection activities, read our guide.

Annual Supply Reporting

Producers of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats are not required to submit supply data to RPRA. However, producers must report annually if their revenue in Ontario is above or below $2 million and provide a list of the brands that make up the HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.

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

Deadline: HSP supply reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Annual Performance Reporting

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

  • Total weight of HSP collected
  • Total weight of materials recovered from processing the collected HSP (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.)
  • Total weight of materials processed from that type of HSP that were:
    • Land disposed
    • Incinerated
    • Used as a fuel or a fuel supplement, or
    • Stored, stockpiled, used as daily landfill cover or otherwise deposited on land
  • The weight of mercury recovered from that type of HSP
  • A description of the activities undertaken by the producer to comply with the promotion and education requirements

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.

Deadline: HSP performance reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Fertilizers are under category D in the HSP Regulation and have the following definition:

  • Any substance or mixture of substances containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium or other plant food, manufactured, sold or represented for use as a plant nutrient and regulated under the Fertilizers Act (Canada).

Registering with RPRA

Under the HSP Regulation, producers of fertilizers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of marketing these products in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

Promotion and education

Producers, or PROs acting on their behalf, are required to establish and operate a promotion and education program including the following:

  • Provide information on a website about how consumers can use, share and properly dispose of fertilizer
  • 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:
    • First Nation communities
    • Municipal governments
    • Retailers that supply fertilizers
  • Provide information to municipalities on innovative end-use options for fertilizers as an alternative to disposal

See our FAQ: As an HSP producer of fertilizers, what are my promotion and education requirements?

Reporting and Audit Requirements

Annual Supply Reporting

Producers of fertilizers are not required to submit supply data to RPRA. However, producers must report annually if their revenue in Ontario is above or below $2 million and provide a list of the brands that make up the HSP they supplied into Ontario in the previous calendar year.

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

Deadline: HSP supply reporting is due July 31 of each year.

 

Annual Performance Reporting

Producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to submit an annual report in the Registry a description of the activities the producer achieved from the previous calendar year in order to comply with their promotion and education requirements.

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their 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.

Deadline: HSP performance reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers are under category E in the HSP Regulation and have the following definitions:

  • Refillable propane containers that can be refilled, have a water capacity of 109 litres or less and are used only for propane.
  • Refillable pressurized containers that are used for the supply of a gas product and can be refilled.

Registering with RPRA

Under the HSP Regulation, producers of refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers are required to register with RPRA within 30 days of supplying these products in Ontario.

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

Collection and Management

As of October 1, 2021, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for HSP in Ontario. Producers should reference the Hazardous and Special Products Collection Systems compliance bulletin for guidance.

Call-in collection

All First Nation communities can contact an HSP producer or PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers. Producers or PROs must collect HSP material from First Nation reserves south of the Far North within three months from notification. For First Nation reserves located in the Far North, producers or PROs must make reasonable efforts to pick up the HSP material within one year of being notified.

Ontario crown sites, municipalities, and territorial districts south of the Far North can contact a producer or a PRO to arrange a pickup once they collect this type of HSP material. The producer or PRO must collect the HSP within one year from the time the request is made.

Management Requirements

Producers must ensure that all refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers picked up from a collection site are processed within three months of the pickup date. Producers, or PROs on their behalf, can work with registered processors. View the list of HSP processors here.

Recovered resources are:

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

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

Reporting Requirements

Collection Activity Reporting

As of August 1, 2024, call-in collection services must be regularly updated in the Registry. For more information and step-by-step instructions on how to report collection activities, read our guide.

Annual Supply Reporting

As of January 1, 2025, refillable pressurized containers (previously a Category “B” for HSP material) now falls under Category “E”. Producers of refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers are not required to submit supply data to RPRA. If you are a producer for refillable pressurized containers, contact RPRA to get guidance on how to submit your supply report in 2025.

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

Deadline: HSP supply reporting is due July 31 of each year.

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 HSP Regulation, including:

  • Arranging the establishment or operation of HSP collection and management systems (hauling, recycling, reuse, or refurbishment services).
  • Establishing or operating a collection or management system
  • Implementing a promotion and education program
  • 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.

 

Upcoming Important Dates

Obligated material(s)RequirementDeadline
Producers of oil filters, non-refillable pressurized containers, oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents, paints and coatingsRegister with RPRA, unless exemptOn or before July 31 of the first calendar year in which the producer exceeds the threshold outlined here.
Producers of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats, fertilizers, refillable propane containers, and refillable pressurized containersRegister with RPRAWithin 30 days of meeting the definition of a producer. Learn more here.
Supply reporting (producers to report)
All producersSubmit annual Supply Report, which reports on the list of brands supplied into Ontario in 2024.July 31, 2025
Small* producers of oil filters, non-refillable pressurized containers, oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents and paints and coatingsSubmit annual Supply Report, which reports on the total weight of HSP materials supplied into Ontario in 2024.July, 31, 2025
Large* producers of oil filters, non-refillable pressurized containers, oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents and paints and coatingsSubmit annual Supply Report, which reports on the weight of HSP materials supplied into Ontario in 2024.

Submit a Supply Data Verification Report completed by a verifier/qualified person.
July 31, 2025
Producers of mercury-containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats, fertilizers, and refillable propane containersSubmit annual Supply Report, to confirm if revenue in Ontario was above or below $2 million in 2024.July 31, 2025
Producers of refillable pressurized containersContact RPRA to get guidance on how to submit your supply report.July 31, 2025
Performance reporting (producers or a PRO on their behalf)
All producers, or a PRO on their behalf (except fertilizers**, and refillable propane containers)Submit annual Performance Report, which reports the total weight of HSP that was collected, and the weight of materials recovered from processing in 2024.

RPRA will require a Performance Audit Report in 2025, however the report will not be submitted in the Registry with the Performance Report. RPRA will communicate directly with producers and PROs when the Resource Recovery Performance Audit Procedure is finalized. Learn more.

**Fertilizer producers or a PRO on their behalf are required to submit a performance report only with promotion and education.
July 31, 2025
All (except refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers)Submit promotion and education report based on activities in 2024.July 31, 2025
Unless otherwise stated, all information must be submitted through RPRA’s Registry.

*For the purposes of supply reporting verification, view this FAQ to determine if you are a small or large HSP producer.

Wind up of the MHSW Program

The Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program was operated by Stewardship Ontario, who was responsible for hazardous waste recycling in Ontario, and Industry Stewardship Organizations, Automotive Materials Stewardship, Product Care Association and SodaStream, reported under the program. The program ended on September 30, 2021, and on October 1, 2021, HSP moved to the individual producer responsibility framework. Learn more.

We are here to help you understand your requirements

To learn more about the HSP Regulation or to view past webinars and presentations, visit our Learning Series webpage on Understanding Ontario’s New Hazardous and Special Products Regulation.

If you have questions relating to the HSP Regulation, contact our Compliance Team at registry@rpra.ca or 1-833-600-0530 for support.