• Bulbs
• Dimmable light bulb
• Fluorescent bulbs
• Halogen bulbs
• Headlight bulbs
• High intensity discharge (HID) lamps
• Indicator lights
• Incandescent bulbs
• Lamps
• Light emitting diode (LED) bulbs
• Mini and miniature bulbs
• Motion activated bulbs
• Replacement bulbs & lamps
• Tube lights
• UV lamps
• Wi-Fi light bulbs

• Ceiling lights
• Chandeliers
• Flashlights
• Floor lamps
• Flush mount lights
• Light bulbs supplied with a fixture
• Light bulbs supplied with a product
• Light strips
• Pendant lights
• Recessed lighting
• Ring lights
• Sconces
• String lights
• Table & floor lamps

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

Register here

Have questions about registration? View the following resources:

• Am I a lighting producer?
• How do I determine if I am an exempt lighting producer?
• Review our Supply Data Reporting Guide to learn more about what producers are required to report and for step-by-step instructions

As of January 1, 2023, producers are required to establish and operate a collection system for lighting.

Collection Sites

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

• If the lighting collection site is not part of a retail location, the site must accept all lighting.
• If the lighting collection site is part of a retail location, the site must accept, at a minimum, all lighting that are of a similar size and function supplied by the producer at that location.
• The lighting collection site must be readily accessible to the public.
• If the lighting collection site is not a municipality or First Nation, it must be operated and accept lighting 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 lighting collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 5 kilograms of lighting 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 300 kilograms of lighting, they may notify a PRO or a large producer for pick up
• The lighting 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 lighting within one year of being notified

Management Requirements

Producers must establish and operate a system for managing lighting by determining and satisfying their management requirements as follows:

• All lighting picked up from a collection site must be managed within three months from the date of the pickup
• “Managed” means reused, refurbished or processed (i.e. is now a recovered resource)

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

Recovered resources (including batteries removed from lighting) are:

• Materials used or destined to be used by a person for the making of new products or packaging
• Materials used to enrich soil
• Glass used as aggregate (up to 50% of management requirement for lighting)
• Aggregate from batteries (up to 15% of management requirement)

Materials that are not considered recovered (cannot count toward performance) include:

• Aggregate over the allowed limits
• 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)

From January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2026, every obligated producer shall make best efforts to reuse, refurbish, or recycle 30% of the lighting they supply in Ontario.

Working with PROs

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

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

Annual Supply Data Reporting

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

• The weight of lighting they supplied in Ontario in the calendar year two years prior
• A list of brands that make up the lighting they supplied in Ontario in the calendar year two years prior

Supply data must be submitted in accordance with the EEE Verification and Audit Procedure.

RPRA is delaying the requirement for lighting producers to submit a supply verification report, as additional time is required to define the thresholds to determine if producers are considered large or small. Lighting producers will be required to submit a supply verification report in accordance with the updated procedure, and RPRA will communicate directly with producers about their requirements later this year. Lighting producers are still required to submit their annual supply report by April 30, 2025.

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

• What lighting needs to be reported?
• Lighting Supply Data Reporting – Producer Guide

Annual Performance Reporting

For the 2025 and 2026 performance periods, producers are required to make best efforts to ensure that at least 30% of lighting they supplied into Ontario is processed. Each year, producers, or PROs on their behalf, will have to report on the extent to which a producer was able to achieve their management requirement.

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

• Total weight of lighting collected
• The weight of materials recovered from processing the collected lighting (e.g. metals, plastics, etc.)

Most producers will work with a PRO to meet their mandatory collection and management requirements.  Learn more about PROs here.

A PRO may submit the performance report on your 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.