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A producer responsibility organization (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 Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) Regulation, including:

Arranging for the establishment or operation of collection or management systems (i.e. processing, hauling, reuse or refurbishment services)
Establishing or operating a collection or management system
Implementing a promotion and education program
Preparing and submitting performance reports

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

Signing up with a PRO

The following PROs are registered with RPRA and have producer clients.

Business name	Materials PRO offers services for	Website	Phone number	Email	Registration number with RPRA
Automotive Materials Stewardship	Oil filters, oil containers and antifreeze	automotivematerialsstewardship.ca	888-575-4870	[email protected]	00008952
Mobius PRO Services	Oil filters, oil containers and antifreeze	mobiuspro.ca	833-266-2487	[email protected]	00007602
Product Care	Solvents, paints and coatings, pesticides and fertilizers	productcare.org	416-479-1040 ext. 239	[email protected]	00008937
Ryse Solutions Ontario Inc.	Oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze, solvents, paints and coatings, fertilizers, non-refillable and refillable pressurized containers, refillable propane containers, barometers, thermometers, and thermostats	ryseinc.ca	289-352-1200	[email protected]	00001002
Tank Traders	Refillable propane containers	tanktraders.com	866-553-2131	[email protected]	00010073
Thermostat Recovery Program	Thermostats	hrai.ca/trp	905-602-4700 or 1-800-267-2231	[email protected]	00009119

PROs, on behalf of their producers, opting for municipal-based collection

The municipal-based collection option is one of the collection system options that producers of some HSP materials can use to meet their public collection system requirements. Find more information about the municipal-based collection option.

The HSP Regulation requires producers of automotive materials, non-refillable pressurized containers, solvents and pesticides that intend to use the municipal-based collection option to notify RPRA before the applicable calendar year.

The table below lists the PROs establishing and operating the municipal-based collection option on behalf of their producer clients in 2027. It helps municipalities identify which PROs rely on municipal collection sites as part of their collection system.

HSP material	PROs
Automotive materials	– Automotive Materials Stewardship – Ryse Solutions Ontario Inc. – Mobius PRO Services
Non-refillable pressurized containers	– Ryse Solutions Ontario Inc.
Pesticides	– Product Care
Solvents	– Ryse Solutions Ontario Inc. – Product Care

Note: RPRA is still updating its Hazardous and Special Products Collection Systems Compliance Bulletin. For guidance on operating a public collection system or relying on shared collection sites, please see RPRA’s Collection System and Minimum Management Requirements Guideline.

Prospective PROs

The following prospective PROs have registered with RPRA but have not been identified by a producer in RPRA’s registry to carry out regulatory responsibilities.

Business name	Materials PRO offers services for	Website	Phone number	Email	Registration number with RPRA
RapidGaz	Non-refillable pressurized containers and refillable propane containers	rapidgaz.net	613-804-5614	[email protected]	00009913

PRO obligations under the HSP Regulation

Producers are individually accountable and financially responsible for collecting and managing their products once consumers discard them. A PRO that has entered into an agreement with a producer is required under the HSP Regulation to satisfy the collection and/or management system requirements that apply to the producer and the type of HSP.

Click the headings below to learn more about your obligations:

A PRO must register with RPRA within 30 days of being retained by a producer.

If you are interested in registering as an HSP PRO, contact our Compliance and Registry Team at [email protected] or at 1-833-600-0530.

Collection Activity Report

PROs of categories A and B 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 to 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 Performance Reporting

Each year, PROs are required to report on their recovery and management activities from the previous calendar year. PROs must report the following information:

Weight of HSP collected
Weight of resources recovered from processing HSP material
A description of their promotion and education activities

Deadline: Performance reporting is due by July 31 of each year.

Performance Audit Reporting

Starting in 2027 and every three years after, HSP producers (except producers of fertilizers, refillable pressurized containers and refillable propane containers), or PROs on their behalf, are required to submit a report auditing their performance via RPRA’s registry.

The first performance audit report must cover the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 performance years. The following audit report (due in 2030), and every audit report thereafter, must cover the three preceding performance years.

Producers and PROs are exempt from submitting a CSAE 3000 performance audit report for periods previously audited by RPRA.

Audit reports must be submitted in accordance with RPRA’s Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure.

Deadline: The first performance audit report is due July 31, 2027.

Collection Activity Report

PROs of categories A and B must regularly update their producer client’s collection activities in the Registry. Collection activities refer to collection sites, events and seasonal events, call-in and other activity types related to 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 Performance Reporting

Each year, producers are required to ensure that:

at least 85% of the weight of oil filters they supplied into Ontario was recovered through processing
at least 30% of the weight of non-refillable pressurized containers they supplied into Ontario was recovered through processing

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

Category A (oil filters and non-pressurized containers), Category B (oil containers, antifreeze, pesticides, solvents and paints and coatings) and Category C (mercury containing barometers, thermometers and thermostats)

A separate report for each type of HSP
Weight of HSP collected
Weight of resources recovered from processing HSP material
A description of their promotion and education activities
For pesticides only, the name and contact information of each processor or disposal facility

Category D (fertilizers)

A description of the activities undertaken by the producer to comply with the promotion and education requirements

Category E (refillable propane containers and refillable pressurized containers)

There are no annual performance reporting requirements for producers of category E

Deadline: Performance reporting is due July 31 of each year.

Note: As a PRO, you cannot report HSP supply data on behalf of your producer clients. They will have to log into their Registry account once a year to provide this information and pay the required program fee.

Performance Audit Reporting

Producers and PROs are exempt from submitting a CSAE 3000 performance audit report for periods previously audited by RPRA.

Audit reports must be submitted in accordance with RPRA’s Hazardous and Special Products Verification and Audit Procedure.

Deadline: The first performance audit report is due July 31, 2027.

Upcoming important dates

Registrant	Requirement	Deadline
All	Register with RPRA	Within 30 days of being retained by a producer
All (except fertilizers* refillable pressurized container and refillable propane containers)	Submit annual performance report The weight of HSP collected The weight of resources recovered from processing HSP material A description of their promotion and education activities Note: Fertilizer producers, or a PRO on their behalf, are only required to submit a performance report for promotion and education.	July 31, 2026
Oil filters and non-refillable pressurized container PROs	Submit producer clients’ annual performance report(s) PROs have to report on the extent to which they achieved management requirements on behalf of their producer clients, specifically: The weight of HSP collected The weight of resources recovered from processing HSP material A description of their promotion and education activities	July 31, 2026
All (except fertilizers, refillable pressurized and refillable propane containers)	Submit a performance audit report – must cover the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 performance years	July 31, 2027
Unless otherwise stated, all information must be submitted through RPRA’s Registry.

Have questions?

Visit our Registry Resources for HSP to learn more about the HSP Regulation and how to meet your requirements. Resources include reporting guides, FAQs, how-to videos, and compliance documents.

For additional questions, contact our Compliance and Registry Team.