Resource Recovery Reports

Companies that supply tires, Blue Box materials, hazardous or special products (e.g., paint, automotive materials), batteries, lighting, or electronics in Ontario are obligated under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) to recycle or reuse their products and packaging when consumers are finished with them.

Companies must report to RPRA every year the amount of material they supply into the Ontario market, and their performance meeting the recycling and reuse targets set out in the regulations issued under the RRCEA.

RPRA reports the following annually:

Supply: The amount of materials supplied into the Ontario market. 
Resource recovery requirement: The amount of materials producers are required to collect and recycle or reuse. 
Recovery requirement reduction: The amount a producer’s resource recovery requirements can be reduced based on the criteria outlined in the regulations.

Published reports do not contain commercially sensitive information. 

For more information about Ontario’s recycling laws, visit our website.

RPRA publishes data for each program as soon as possible after reporting deadlines have passed. Data may be unverified and is subject to change as audit and verification activities and compliance inspections unfold.

Resource Recovery Reports

Batteries

View data on the dedicated batteries reporting webpage.

Blue Box

Download the historical published Blue Box supply and resource recovery data.

2023

Category	2022 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)	2022 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)	Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Beverage Container	124,552	124,552	62,274
Glass	65,855	65,721	32,850
Flexible Plastic	87,329	86,520	14,382
Rigid Plastic	136,703	130,443	43,447
Metal	47,838	47,693	21,286
Paper	525,318	497,082	249,877
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging	1,986	1,986	N/A**
After applicable resource recovery reductions *There are no resource recovery requirements for compostables. All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024

2022

Category	2021 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2022)	2021 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2022)	Resource recovery requirement for 2023
Beverage Container	113,218	113,218	28,304
Glass	62,917	62,917	15,725
Flexible Plastic	89,963	88,923	7,383
Rigid Plastic	128,369	126,290	21,014
Metal	48,603	48,588	10,842
Paper	529,059	516,454	128,763
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging	1,627	1,627	N/A**
After applicable resource recovery reductions *There are no resource recovery requirements for compostables. All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024

2021

Category	2020 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2021)	2020 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2021)
Beverage Container	122,278	122,278
Glass	65,072	65,071
Flexible Plastic	86,201	83,977
Rigid Plastic	127,975	125,636
Metal	54,813	54,774
Paper	537,111	513,816
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging**	2,924	2,924
After applicable resource recovery reductions *There are no resource recovery requirements for compostables. All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024.

O. Reg. 391/20 (Blue Box Regulation) required producers to report 2020 supply data in 2021. The regulation’s resource recovery requirements began in 2023 and was set by 2021 supply data submitted in 2022.

Hazardous and Special Products

Note: O. Reg. 449/21 (Hazardous and Special Products Regulation) does not set resource recovery targets for antifreeze, oil containers, paints and coatings, solvents, refillable pressurized containers or pesticides.

Download the historical published HSP supply and resource recovery data.

2023

Material Type	2022 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)	2022 Recovered tonnes	Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Antifreeze	16,744	N/A	N/A
Oil Filters	5,346	5,624	4,665
Oil Containers	4,046	N/A	N/A
Paints and Coatings	104,688	N/A	N/A
Solvents	5,177	N/A	N/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers	1,990	162	446
Refillable Pressurized Containers	563	N/A	N/A
Pesticides	83	N/A	N/A
All data is in tonnes This data was published on May 31, 2024

2022

Material Type	2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2022)	Resource recovery requirement for 2023
Antifreeze	15,084	N/A
Oil Filters	6,277	5,721
Oil Containers	4,958	N/A
Paints and Coatings	102,136	N/A
Solvents	4,821	N/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers	1,614	400
Refillable Pressurized Containers	1,066	N/A
Pesticides	57	N/A
All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024

2021

Material Type	Supplied tonnes (reported in 2021)	Resource recovery requirement 2021/2022 (based off supply data reported in 2021)
Antifreeze	2020: 18,444 2019: 20,059 2018: 20,162	N/A
Oil Filters	2020: 5,755 2019: 6,558 2018: 6,195	5,228
Oil Containers	2020: 4,239 2019: 4,523 2018: 4,207	N/A
Paints and Coatings	2020: 104,745 2019: 91,575 2018: 93,922	N/A
Solvents	2020: 4,601 2019: 4,313 2018: 4,378	N/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers	2020: 1,806 2019: 1,577 2018: 1,596	329
Refillable Pressurized Containers	2020: 1,100 2019: 967 2018: 1,175	N/A
Pesticides	2020: 66 2019: 59 2018: 60	N/A
All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024

ITT/AV (information technology, telecommunications, audio-visual equipment)

View data on the dedicated electronics reporting webpage.

Lighting

Download the historical published Lighting supply and resource recovery data.

2023

Program	2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)	Resource recovery reduction (applied for in 2023 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2024)	Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Lighting	4,898	Recycled Content: 3	1,572
All data is in tonnes This data was published on May 31, 2024

2022

Program	2018, 2019, and 2020 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2022)	Resource recovery reduction (applied for in 2022 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2023)	Resource recovery requirement for 2023 (based on supplied tonnes reported in 2022)
Lighting	2020: 5,195 2019: 5,662 2018: 5,889	2020 Recycled content: 3 2019 Recycled content: 3 2018 Recycled content: 3	1,674
All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024

Tires

As of January 1, 2025, the amended Tires Regulation no longer requires collection requirements and specifies recovery requirements of 65% for all tires and 60% for large tires based on reported supply.

The revised supply and recovery data in this section is now available in an Excel format which can be downloaded here.

Supply and Collection/Resource Recovery Requirements

Category	2022 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2024)	Recovery Requirement for 2025 (based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires	207,885	130,532
Large tires greater than 700kg	5,652	2,925
All data is in tonnes This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Category	2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)	Collection Requirement for 2024 (based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires	208,774	173,623
Large tires greater than 700kg	4,791	2,706
All data is in tonnes This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Category	2020 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2022)	Collection Requirement for 2023 (based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires	186,236	175,465
Large tires greater than 700kg	4,069	2,777
All data is in tonnes This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Category	2019 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2021)	Collection Requirement for 2022 (based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires	219,492	183,995
Large tires greater than 700kg	4,554	2,789
All data is in tonnes This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Category	2018 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2020)	Collection Requirement for 2021 (based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires	215,187	179,504
Large tires greater than 700kg	5,147	2,680
All data is in tonnes This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Recovery

Summary:

Tire producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2023 recovery results for collecting and recovering used tires by May 31, 2024. Recovery reports submitted by PROs in 2024 show that the 60% collection rate for large tires and the 85% recovery rate target for all tires outlined in the Tires Regulation were achieved. However, the 85% collection target for all tires was not achieved. Note that the 2023 recovery results have been audited.

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2023 performance against targets outlined in the regulation.

	Weight of Recovered or Refurbished Tires	PLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	175,465	16,552,133
Actual All Tires Collected	162,948	15,371,368
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	78.94%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	2,777	262,340
Actual Large Tires Collected	3,655	344,787
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	78.97%
Tires Sent for Reuse	5,899	556,470
Tires Retreaded	18,870	1,780,063
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber	85,020	8,020,189
Processed Tires – Mulch	1,001	94,427
Processed Tires – Aggregate	996	93,956
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks	6,329	597,033
Processed Tires – Metal	21,304	2,009,669
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre	0
Processed Tires – Other	3,719	350,824
Total Collected	162,948	15,371,368
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)	138,506	13,065,663
Total Recovered	143,138	13,502,632
Total Recovery Rate	87.84%
All data is in tonnes This data was published on March 20, 2025

Summary:

Tire producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2022 recovery results for collecting and recovering used tires by May 31, 2023. Recovery reports submitted by PROs in 2023 show that the 60% collection rate for large tires and the 85% recovery rate target for all tires outlined in the Tires Regulation were achieved. However, the 85% collection target for all tires was not achieved. Note that the 2022 recovery results have been audited as of March 5, 2025.

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2022 performance against targets outlined in the regulation.

	*Weight of Recovered or Refurbished Tires	*PLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	183,995	17,356,794
Actual All Tires Collected	164,578	15,525,130
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	76.03%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	2,789	263,095
Actual Large Tires Collected	3,176	299,601
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	68.33%
Tires Sent for Reuse	3,170	299,026
Tires Retreaded	14,942	1,409,523
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber	94,936	8,955,594
Processed Tires – Mulch	1,185	111,785
Processed Tires – Aggregate	1,343	126,689
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks	4,589	432,894
Processed Tires – Metal	20,608	1,944,014
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre	199	18,772
Processed Tires – Other	2,436	229,795
Total Collected	164,578	15,525,130
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)	139,891	13,196,361
Total Recovered	143,408	13,528,092
Total Recovery Rate	87.14%
All data is in tonnes *This data is audited and was published on March 20, 2025

Summary:

Tire producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2021 recovery results for collecting and recovering used tires by May 31, 2022. Audited recovery reports submitted by PROs in 2022 show that the 60% collection rate for large tires and the 85% recovery rate target for all tires outlined in the Tires Regulation was achieved. However, the 85% collection target for all tires was not achieved.

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2021 recovery against targets outlined in the regulation.

	Weight of Recovered or Refurbished Tires	PLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	178,629	16,850,577
Actual All Tires Collected	155,948	14,711,010
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	74%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)	2,680	252,793
Actual Large Tires Collected	2,948	278,115
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	66%
Tires Sent for Reuse	3,124	294,693
Tires Retreaded	17,012	1,604,812
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber	86,774
Processed Tires – Mulch	143
Processed Tires – Aggregate	400
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks	3,075
Processed Tires – Metal	20,738
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre	159
Processed Tires – Other	3,672
Total Collected	155,948*	14,711,010*
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)	132,556	12,504,358
Total Recovered	135,096	12,743,978
Total Recovery Rate	86.63%*
All data is in tonnes *This data was originally published on December 22, 2022. The data was revised on February 22, 2023 due to a miscalculation.

Summary:

Tire producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were also required to report 2020 recovery results for collecting and recovering used tires by May 31, 2021. Audited recovery reports submitted by PROs in 2021 show that the 85% recovery rate target for all tires outlined in the Tires Regulation was achieved (producers must ensure that 85% of the tires they collected in a year, by weight, were reused, retreaded or turned into processed).

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2020 recovery against targets outlined in the regulation.

	Weight of Recovered or Refurbished Tires	PLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of Average of Total Supplied)	175,039	16,511,946
Actual All Tires Collected	158,770	14,977,279
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	77%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of Average of Total Supplied)	2,369	223,507
Actual Large Tires Collected	4,498	424,329
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)	114%
Tires Sent for Reuse	2,786	262,809
Tires Retreaded	16,728	1,577,959
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber	90,072
Processed Tires – Mulch	256
Processed Tires – Aggregate	151
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks	1,917
Processed Tires – Metal	20,626
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre	105
Processed Tires – Other	4,592
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)	138,778	13,091,367
Total Collected	158,770	14,977,279
Total Recovered	137,231	12,945,442
Total Recovery Rate	86.00%
This data was published on June 3, 2022

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