Questions about the Lighting Program?

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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 Electrical and Electronic Equipment (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.

Signing up with a PRO

The following PROs are registered with RPRA. Click the PRO’s name for their contact information.

Website: www.productcare.org
Phone: 416-479-1040 ext. 239
Email: ontario@productcare.org
Registration Number: 00008937

Website: https://ryseinc.ca/
Phone: 289-352-1200
Email: info@ryseinc.ca
Registration Number: 00001002

PRO obligations under the EEE Regulation

As of January 1, 2023, lighting producers are individually accountable and financially responsible for collecting and reusing, refurbishing or recycling their products when consumers discard them.

A PRO that has entered into an agreement with a producer is required under the EEE Regulation to satisfy the collection and management system requirements that apply to the producer.

Click the headings below to learn more about your obligations.

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

If you are interested in registering as a PRO for lighting, contact our Compliance Team at registry@rpra.ca or 1-833-600-0530.

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.

Collection activity reporting

As of August 1, 2024, producers, or PROs on their behalf, are required to regularly update their collection activities in the Registry. For more information and step-by-step instructions on how to report collection activities, read our 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. PROs will report on the extent to which a producer was able to achieve their management requirement.

Deadline: Performance reports are due by April 30 each year

You will need to report the following information for each of your producer clients:

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

Beginning in 2025, PROs will be required to submit an audit verifying a producer’s performance reporting. More information about performance audit requirements will be communicated later this year when the procedure is finalized. Learn more.

Important Upcoming Dates

Requirement	Deadline
Register with RPRA	Within 30 days of being retained by a producer
Submit annual Performance Report, which reports on your own collection and management activities in 2024.	April 30, 2025
Submit annual Performance Report(s), which reports on your producers’ collection and management activities 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.	April 30, 2025

Unless otherwise stated, all information must be submitted through RPRA’s Registry.

We are here to help you understand your requirements

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