Supply and recovery of electronics in Ontario

Obligated businesses that supply electronics into Ontario, specifically information technology and telecommunications/audio-visual equipment, are required by the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation to meet resource recovery requirements. By law, electronic producers must report every year on the weight of electronics they supply into Ontario, and how they met the resource recovery requirements.  

For more information about resource recovery and Ontario’s recycling laws, visit our information section on the circular economy.

Reporting on electronics recovery

With the recent data update, RPRA enhanced the way data is presented and the downloadable Excel now shows data by registrant group (producer or PROs on their behalf, PRO, processor, refurbisher). This applies to new and historical data. Download the data in Excel format here or view the data below.

Types of data reported: 

• Electronics supplied into Ontario: The total weight of obligated electronics supplied into Ontario.
• Recovery rate requirement: The percent of electronics that producers are required to recover in a year, determined using a three year rolling average of supplied weight.
• Recovery requirement: The weight of electronics producers are required to recover in a given year.
• Recovery requirement reductions: Reductions to the overall recovery requirement as determined by the weight of electronics supplied that were reported as having extended warranties or being repairable, or the weight of post-consumer recycled content contained in electronics.
• Processed material outputs: The weight of outputs recovered after processing as reported by producers, PROs and service providers.
• Refurbished: The weight of refurbished electronics as reported by producers, PROs and service providers.

Obligated producers began reporting their annual supply of electronics into Ontario to RPRA in 2021.

The annual supply of electronics is reported to RPRA two years after they are supplied.

Electronics supplied from 2018-2023

Producers of electronics are required to report the weight of recovered resources to RPRA annually. Recovering electronics means collecting end-of-life and/or discarded electronics and either refurbishing them or breaking them down into component parts or materials for recycling or reuse.

Recovery by registrant group

In addition to producers, this section reports on data from the following groups:

• PROs: Businesses contracted by a producer to provide collection, management or administrative services to help producers meet their regulatory obligations.
• Service providers:
  • Haulers: Businesses that transport electronics that may be processed, reused, refurbished or disposed.
  • Refurbishers: Businesses that prepare or refurbish used electronics for reuse for the purposes of recovery.
  • Processors: Businesses that processes electronics for the purposes of recovery.

The chart below shows the following data:

• Processed material outputs: The weight of outputs recovered after processing as reported by each registrant group.
• Refurbished: The weight of refurbished electronics as reported by each registrant group.

The weight of recovered electronics is reported to RPRA the year after they were recovered. Click the tabs below to see how many tonnes of electronics were reported as recovered that given year.

Recovery requirements and actual recovery rates

Breakdown of tonnes not counted towards recovery requirements

Click the categories in the legend below to see the breakdown of other output tonnes year over year.

The overall recovery requirement can be reduced by up to 50% by the weight of electronics supplied that were reported as having extended warranties or being repairable, or the weight of post-consumer recycled content contained in electronics.

The below chart shows the annual tonnes reported to date as meeting these criteria. The recovery requirement reduction, which applies to the following year’s recovery requirement, is different for each category:

• For extended warranties: A reduction in recovery requirement by a percentage of the weight of supplied materials reported as having an extended warranty. This reduction of 5% per additional year of warranty applies for each year of warranty beyond the first year.
• For post-consumer recycled content: Equivalent reduction in recovery requirement for the weight of materials recovered from products or packaging after use by consumers contained in the weight of supplied electronics.
• For repairability: A reduction in recovery requirement by 10% of the weight of supplied electronics reported as being repaired by consumers with information and parts made available at no additional charge.

Note: The EEE Regulation was amended in 2025 and removed reductions to recovery requirements. As of January 1, 2025, producers can no longer claim recovery requirement reductions in their annual supply data reports.

The electronics supply and recovery data available on this webpage can be downloaded here.

View our resource recovery reports webpage for information on other programs RPRA oversees.