The Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 designates information technology, telecommunications, audio-visual (ITT/AV) equipment as the third material after tires and batteries under Ontario’s extended producer responsibility regulatory framework.
Extended producer responsibility makes producers accountable for their products and packaging once consumers are finished with them; sets mandatory and enforceable requirements for resource recovery; and gives producers choices for resource recovery services in a competitive market.
As of January 1, 2021, ITT/AV producers are individually accountable and financially responsible for collecting and reusing, refurbishing or recycling their products when consumers discard them.
Information technology, telecommunications, audio-visual equipment (ITT/AV)
ITT/AV is equipment that has a primary purpose of collecting, storing, processing, presenting or communicating information, including sounds and images, recording or reproducing sounds and images. ITT/AV includes equipment supplied into any sector (e.g., residential, business, hospital, institutional, commercial, industrial, etc.) and includes any batteries supplied with the ITT/AV (i.e., in packaging or in product).
How does the EEE Regulation affect you?
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Wind up of the Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) Program
The Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment Program was operated by Ontario Electronic Stewardship, which was responsible for electronics recycling in Ontario on behalf of the electronics industry. The program ended on December 31, 2020, and on January 1, 2021, electronics moved to the new individual producer responsibility regulatory framework.