Resource Recovery Reports

2023 management data for the batteries program and 2023 collection and management data for the tires program was published on March 5, 2025. Review the data here.

Companies who 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

Category2022 Gross supplied tonnes
(reported in 2023)
2022 Net* supplied tonnes
(reported in 2023)
Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Beverage Container124,552124,55262,274
Glass65,85565,72132,850
Flexible Plastic87,32986,52014,382
Rigid Plastic136,703130,44343,447
Metal47,83847,69321,286
Paper525,318497,082249,877
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging1,9861,986N/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

Category2021 Gross supplied tonnes
(reported in 2022)
2021 Net* supplied tonnes
(reported in 2022)
Resource recovery requirement for 2023
Beverage Container113,218113,21828,304
Glass62,91762,91715,725
Flexible Plastic89,96388,9237,383
Rigid Plastic128,369126,29021,014
Metal48,60348,58810,842
Paper529,059516,454128,763
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging1,6271,627N/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

Category2020 Gross supplied tonnes
(reported in 2021)
2020 Net* supplied tonnes
(reported in 2021)
Beverage Container122,278122,278
Glass65,07265,071
Flexible Plastic86,20183,977
Rigid Plastic127,975125,636
Metal54,81354,774
Paper537,111513,816
Certified Compostable Products and Packaging**2,9242,924
*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 Type2022 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2023)
2022 Recovered tonnesResource recovery requirement for 2024
Antifreeze16,744N/AN/A
Oil Filters5,3465,6244,665
Oil Containers4,046N/AN/A
Paints and Coatings104,688N/AN/A
Solvents5,177N/AN/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers1,990162446
Refillable Pressurized Containers563N/AN/A
Pesticides83N/AN/A
All data is in tonnes
This data was published on May 31, 2024

2022

Material Type2021 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2022)
Resource recovery requirement for 2023
Antifreeze15,084N/A
Oil Filters6,2775,721
Oil Containers4,958N/A
Paints and Coatings102,136N/A
Solvents4,821N/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers1,614400
Refillable Pressurized Containers1,066N/A
Pesticides57N/A
All data is in tonnes
This data was updated on May 31, 2024

2021

Material TypeSupplied tonnes
(reported in 2021)
Resource recovery requirement 2021/2022
(based off supply data reported in 2021)
Antifreeze2020: 18,444
2019: 20,059
2018: 20,162
N/A
Oil Filters2020: 5,755
2019: 6,558
2018: 6,195
5,228
Oil Containers2020: 4,239
2019: 4,523
2018: 4,207
N/A
Paints and Coatings2020: 104,745
2019: 91,575
2018: 93,922
N/A
Solvents2020: 4,601
2019: 4,313
2018: 4,378
N/A
Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers2020: 1,806
2019: 1,577
2018: 1,596
329
Refillable Pressurized Containers2020: 1,100
2019: 967
2018: 1,175
N/A
Pesticides2020: 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

Program2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023)Resource recovery reduction
(applied for in 2023 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2024)
Resource recovery requirement for 2024
Lighting4,898Recycled Content: 31,572
All data is in tonnes
This data was published on May 31, 2024

2022

Program2018, 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)
Lighting2020: 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

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

Supply and Resource Recovery Requirements

Category2022 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2024)
Collection Requirement for 2025
(based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires207,885173,666
Large tires greater than 700kg5,6522,925
All data is in tonnes
This data is audited and was published on March 5, 2025
Category2021 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2023)
Collection Requirement for 2024
(based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires208,774176,391
Large tires greater than 700kg4,7912,706
All data is in tonnes
This data is audited and was published on March 5, 2025
Category2020 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2022)
Collection Requirement for 2023
(based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires186,236178,279
Large tires greater than 700kg4,0692,781
All data is in tonnes
This data is audited and was published on March 5, 2025
Category2019 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2021)
Collection Requirement for 2022
(based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires219,492186,810
Large tires greater than 700kg4,5542,789
All data is in tonnes
This data is audited and was published on March 5, 2025
Category2018 Supplied tonnes
(reported in 2020)
Collection Requirement for 2021
(based off 3-year rolling average supply)
All tires215,187182,207
Large tires greater than 700kg5,1472,680
All data is in tonnes
This data is audited and was published on March 5, 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 TiresPLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)178,27916,817,586
Actual All Tires Collected162,94815,371,368
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)77.69%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)2,781262,340
Actual Large Tires Collected3,655344,787
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)78.86%
Tires Sent for Reuse5,899556,470
Tires Retreaded18,8701,780,063
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber85,0208,020,189
Processed Tires – Mulch1,00194,427
Processed Tires – Aggregate99693,956
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks6,329597,033
Processed Tires – Metal21,3042,009,669
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre0
Processed Tires – Other3,719350,824
Total Collected162,94815,371,368
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)138,50613,065,663
Total Recovered143,13813,502,632
Total Recovery Rate87.84%
All data is in tonnes
This data was published on March 5, 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)186,81017,622,341
Actual All Tires Collected164,57815,525,130
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)74.88%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)2,789263,095
Actual Large Tires Collected3,176299,601
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)68.33%
Tires Sent for Reuse3,170299,026
Tires Retreaded14,9421,409,523
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber94,9368,955,594
Processed Tires – Mulch1,185111,785
Processed Tires – Aggregate1,343126,689
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks4,589432,894
Processed Tires – Metal20,6081,944,014
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre19918,772
Processed Tires – Other2,436229,795
Total Collected164,57815,525,130
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)139,89113,196,361
Total Recovered143,40813,528,092
Total Recovery Rate87.14%
All data is in tonnes
*This data is audited and was published on March 5, 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 TiresPLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)178,62916,850,577
Actual All Tires Collected155,94814,711,010
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)74%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply)2,680252,793
Actual Large Tires Collected2,948 278,115
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)66%
Tires Sent for Reuse3,124294,693
Tires Retreaded17,0121,604,812
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber86,774
Processed Tires – Mulch143
Processed Tires – Aggregate400
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks3,075
Processed Tires – Metal20,738
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre159
Processed Tires – Other3,672
Total Collected155,948*14,711,010*
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)132,55612,504,358
Total Recovered135,09612,743,978
Total Recovery Rate86.63%*
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 TiresPLT Equivalent
Collection Target for All Tires (85% of Average of Total Supplied)175,03916,511,946
Actual All Tires Collected158,77014,977,279
All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)77%
Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of Average of Total Supplied)2,369223,507
Actual Large Tires Collected4,498424,329
Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply)114%
Tires Sent for Reuse2,786262,809
Tires Retreaded16,7281,577,959
Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber90,072
Processed Tires – Mulch256
Processed Tires – Aggregate151
Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks1,917
Processed Tires – Metal20,626
Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre105
Processed Tires – Other4,592
Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected)138,77813,091,367
Total Collected158,77014,977,279
Total Recovered137,23112,945,442
Total Recovery Rate86.00%
This data was published on June 3, 2022