If you are a First Nation, municipality, retailer or organization that collects lighting whether through a depot, collection events or on-site collection containers, you are not required to register or report under the EEE Regulation as a collector. However, if you are also a producer, hauler or processor, additional responsibilities may apply. Lighting producers are responsible for collecting and reusing, refurbishing or recycling their products when consumers dispose of them.
Starting January 1, 2023, producers of lighting must meet accessibility requirements to ensure residents across the province can safely dispose of their used lighting. They have the choice to set up their own collection networks or work with a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to set up a collection network on their behalf.
Producers, or PROs on their behalf, will contract with haulers who arrange for the transport of lighting from collection sites. While producers and PROs are required to report the location of the collection sites in their network to RPRA, there are no registration or reporting requirements for collection site operators.
There is no requirement for a retailer, organization, First Nation community or municipality to facilitate collection services under the EEE Regulation.
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If First Nation communities, municipalities or other collection site operators want to collect used lighting as a service to customers or residents, they need to ensure their sites are included in a collection network.
Most producers will be working with service providers, such as PROs, haulers, refurbishers or processors, to set up their collection networks. First Nation communities, municipalities, and collection site operators should contact a service provider registered with RPRA listed here.
Since producers can reduce their accessibility requirements by providing options such as curbside collection or collection events, municipalities and First Nation communities will also need to contact a service provider if they are interested in providing these services to their residents.
For lighting collected from a collection site to count towards a producer’s management requirement, the site must accept lighting free of charge and satisfy the following additional requirements:
If the lighting collection site is not part of a retail location, it must accept all lighting.
If the site is part of a retail location, it must accept (at a minimum) all lighting that are of a similar size and function sold at the location.
The site must be readily accessible to the public.
If the lighting collections site is not a municipality or First Nations, it must be operated and accept lighting during normal business hours throughout the performance year.
Municipal and First Nations collection sites are permitted to operate seasonally or for a limited number of days per week.
The site must accept, at a minimum, up to 5 kg of lighting per day from any person.
Haulers, refurbishers or processors who pick up and process used lighting for a producer, must be registered with RPRA in order for the lighting they transport and process to count towards a producer’s management requirement.
First Nation communities, Ontario Crown sites, and municipalities with a population of less than 1,000, can contact a producer or a PRO to arrange a pick-up once they collect three hundred kilograms of lighting. The producer or PRO must collect the lighting within one year from the time the request is made. Producers or PROs must make reasonable efforts to pick up ITTAV within one year from First Nation reserves in the Far North.
