Supply and recovery of lighting in Ontario

Lighting data was last updated on July 31, 2026, with 2024 supply and 2025 collection and recovery data.

This page is updated annually with the most accurate registry data RPRA has available to publish and the data is subject to change. Published reports do not contain commercially sensitive information.

Note: This page will be updated with visualizations and new metrics over time, as RPRA continues to expand and enhance its public reporting.

Businesses that supply lighting into Ontario are required to meet resource recovery requirements as outlined in the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation. By law, lighting producers must report every year on the weight of lighting 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.

The annual supply of lighting is reported by producers to RPRA two years after it was supplied (e.g., 2024 supply weight is reported to RPRA in 2026).

Note: The Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Regulation was amended in 2025, and as of January 1, 2025, no longer provides for resource recovery requirement reductions for recycled content. Reductions reported in previous years remain in the historical data.

The dates below represent the years that supply data was reported to RPRA.

Program	2024 supply	Resource recovery requirement for 2027
Lighting	3,900.11	1,244.99
All data is in tonnes This data was published on July 31, 2026

Program	2023 supply	Resource recovery requirement for 2026
Lighting	3,735.22	1,366.26
All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

Program	2022 supply	Resource recovery reductions applicable to 2022 supply*	Resource recovery requirement for 2025
Lighting	4,195.31	2.27	1,465.68
*Recycled content reported in 2024 and applied to 2025 recovery requirement All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

Program	2021 supply	Resource recovery reductions applicable to 2021 supply*	Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Lighting	4,911.65	3.20	1,573.52
*Recycled content reported in 2023 and applied to 2024 recovery requirement All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

Program	2018, 2019, and 2020 supply	Resource recovery reductions applicable to 2018; 2019; 2020 supply*	Resource recovery requirement for 2023
Lighting	2020: 5,204.00 2019: 5,672.00 2018: 5,903.19	2020: 3.22 2019: 3.12 2018: 3.23	1,680.90
*Recycled content reported in 2022 and applied to 2023 recovery requirement All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

The EEE Regulation requires lighting producers to make “best efforts” to meet the recovery rate requirements in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. From 2027 on, the “best efforts” provision in the regulation is no longer in effect.

The weight of lighting recovered is reported by producers, or PROs on their behalf, to RPRA the year after it was recovered (e.g., materials recovered in 2025 are reported to RPRA in 2026).

The dates below represent the years in which materials were recovered.

Lighting producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2025 recovery results for collecting and recovering used lighting by April 30, 2026. Recovery reports submitted in 2026 show that the 30% recovery requirement for lighting producers outlined in the EEE Regulation was not achieved.

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2025 performance against the recovery requirement set out in the regulation.

Lighting materials	Materials recovered
Metals	66.35
Plastic	45.85
Glass	694.95
Mercury	0.00
Other	0.00
Recovery requirement*	1,465.68
Total materials recovered	807.15
Recovery rate requirement*	30%
Actual recovery rate	16.52%
*30% of three-year rolling average of supply All data is in tonnes This data was published on July 31, 2026

Lighting producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2024 recovery results for collecting and recovering used lighting by April 30, 2025. Recovery reports submitted in 2025 show that the 30% recovery requirement for lighting outlined in the EEE Regulation was not achieved.

The chart below provides further details of the sector’s 2024 performance against targets outlined in the regulation.

Lighting materials	Materials recovered
Metals	64.76
Plastic	32.95
Glass	721.86
Mercury	0.00
Other	0.25
Recovery requirement*	1,573.52
Total materials recovered	819.82
Recovery rate requirement*	30%
Actual recovery rate	15.63%
*30% of three-year rolling average of supply All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

Lighting producers, or PROs on their behalf, and service providers were required to report 2023 recovery results for collecting and recovering used lighting by April 30, 2024. Recovery reports submitted in 2024 show that the 30% recovery requirement for lighting outlined in the EEE Regulation was not achieved.

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

Lighting materials	Materials recovered
Metals	68.40
Plastic	15.14
Glass	448.80
Mercury	0.00
Other	0.00
Recovery requirement*	1,680.90
Total materials recovered	532.34
Recovery rate requirement*	30%
Actual recovery rate	9.50%
*30% of three-year rolling average of supply All data is in tonnes This data was updated on July 31, 2026

The lighting supply and recovery data can be downloaded here.

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

Supply and recovery of lighting in Ontario

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