Posted on July 17, 2020 by Uju Ani -
Operators of tire collection sites will have to independently enter into commercial agreements with producers or producer responsibility organizations (PROs) to secure tire collection services. As long as a collection site is part of a producer’s tire collection system, the producer, or their PRO, is obligated to ensure tires are picked up from that site.
Since producers have legal obligations under the Tires Regulation, producers, or their PROs, will need tires to meet their management requirements. While tire collectors (i.e., operator of collection sits) are no longer required to register with RPRA, the collection site must be part of a producer’s collection system for the tires to count toward a producer’s management requirements
A list of registered PROs and producers is available on RPRA’s website on the Find a registrant page.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
If you collect used tires at your site as a result of onsite servicing of your vehicles, you are not a tire collector for the purposes of the Tires Regulation. These collection sites are considered private collection sites and may be used to achieve management requirements but cannot be used to meet the requirements of a public collection system (e.g., site is not open to the public for tire drop-offs).
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Karan M -
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
If a municipality chooses not to operate any tire collection sites, residents can be directed to a registered collector.
Contact RPRA’s Compliance and Registry Team at [email protected], 647-496-0530 or toll free at 1-833-600-0530 if you or your residents have any issues dropping off less than 10 tires to a registered collector’s site.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
The Tires Regulation states that at least one collection site or event per year is required in a territorial district with a population of 1,000 or more. Read Compliance Bulletin – Tire Collection Systems for more information.
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Effective for the 2025 calendar year, and every year thereafter, producers no longer have collection targets and do not have to collect a minimum weight of used tires.
A producer’s individual management requirement is determined by formulas found in section 12 of the Regulation. See the tables below for details:
Management requirements for all tires
| Performance Year | Supply Report Year | Formula |
| *2025 | 2024 | [(2020 supply + 2021 supply + 2022 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2026 | 2025 | [(2021 supply + 2022 supply + 2023 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2027 | 2026 | [(2022 supply + 2023 supply + 2024 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2028 | 2027 | [(2023 supply + 2024 supply + 2025 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2029 | 2028 | [(2024 supply + 2025 supply + 2026 supply) / 3)]×65% |
| 2030 | 2029 | [(2025 supply + 2026 supply + 2027 supply) / 3)]×70% |
Management requirements for large tires
| Performance Year | Supply Report Year | Formula |
| *2025 | 2024 | [(2020 supply + 2021 supply + 2022 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2026 | 2025 | [(2021 supply + 2022 supply + 2023 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2027 | 2026 | [(2022 supply + 2023 supply + 2024 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2028 | 2027 | [(2023 supply + 2024 supply + 2025 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2029 | 2028 | [(2024 supply + 2025 supply + 2026 supply) / 3)]×60% |
| 2030 | 2029 | [(2025 supply + 2026 supply + 2027 supply) / 3)]×60% |
It is important to note that producers must ensure that all collected tires are managed, regardless of what their minimum management requirement is.
Note: Producers with a management requirement below a certain threshold may be exempt from registering with and reporting to RPRA.
See our FAQ ‘How do I determine if I am an exempt tire producer?’ to learn more.
Posted on July 15, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
No. Section 68 subsection (3) of the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act states that “a person responsible for establishing and operating a collection system shall ensure that no charge is imposed at the time of the collection.”
Posted on July 15, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Yes. Producers and service providers can enter into contractual agreements with multiple PROs.
Posted on July 15, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
No, producers are not required to sign up with a PRO to meet their regulatory requirements. It is a business decision if a producer chooses to work with a PRO, and a producer can choose to meet their obligations without a PRO.
Most producers will choose to contract with a PRO to provide collection, hauling, processing, retreading and/or refurbishing services to achieve their collection and management requirements unless they carry out these activities themselves.
Posted on July 15, 2020 by Michelle Hoover -
Yes. PROs are private enterprises and charge for their services to producers.
Each commercial contract a producer enters with a PRO will have its own set of terms and conditions. It is up to the PRO and producer to determine the terms of their contractual agreement, including fees and payment schedule.
RPRA does not set the terms of the contractual arrangements between PROs and producers.
Posted on July 8, 2020 by Monica Ahmed -
