Supply and recovery of lighting in Ontario

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 producer responsibility for lighting, visit RPRA’s lighting program page.

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.

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 From 2027 on, the “best efforts” provision in the regulation is no longer in effect.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.

The lighting supply and recovery data can be downloaded here.

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

Please note this page is updated annually with the data reported to RPRA. This data is subject to change. This page is for information purposes only; RPRA does not independently verify all data received and does not guarantee the accuracy of the information presented on this page. Published reports do not contain commercially sensitive information.