No, only producers are required to pay RPRA program fees. The decision to make producers pay fees and cover the Authority’s costs was made to reflect the fact that the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) is based on a producer responsibility framework. Although producers may hire service providers to help meet their obligations, the responsibility remains with the producer.
Topic: Collector
Are there are any differences in obligated Blue Box materials between the current Stewardship Ontario program and the new Blue Box Regulation?
Yes, there are several newly obligated packaging/products under the Blue Box Regulation, including:
- Unprinted paper
- Packaging-like products, such as aluminum foil, metal trays, wrapping paper, paper bags, cardboard boxes and envelopes
- Service accessories, such as straws, cutlery or plates that are supplied with a food or beverage product
- Durable products, such as CD cases, box board for board games/puzzles and power tool cases
Note: Another change is that beverage containers are obligated regardless of the sector they are supplied into (personal, family, household, or business purposes).
What information do I need to register as a collector, hauler, retreader or processor?
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What information do I need to register as a Collector, Hauler, Retreader or Processor?
If your business performs multiple roles (e.g., Hauler and Processor), you only need to create one account and identify those roles. If you are a Producer, use your Producer account to add roles. 1. You will need the following information to create a Registry account:
2. You will need to provide the address and phone number for each site where you collect, retread and/or process tires. 3. You will need to identify which of the following tire categories are applicable to your business:
4. If you are a Processor, you will also need to identify which of the following materials are applicable to your process:
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Why is there an executive attestation requirement?
Brand holders and producers that supply products and packaging are required by legislation to meet individual mandatory collection and resource recovery requirements and may face compliance and enforcement consequences for failing to do so. The executive attestation ensures that executives responsible for managing the brand holder’s or producer’s business are aware of these requirements and can ensure that appropriate measures are put in place to achieve compliance with the regulations.
Why do I need to provide a legal business name and a business operating name?
For regulatory purposes, we need to know your legal name — the name you are incorporated under. We also need to know your business operating name if it is different from your legal business name to add to our published list of registrants. The list of registrants will be available on our website to allow registrants to interact with one another and to provide information to the public.
For example, if you are a registered collector and your legal name is 123456789 Ontario Ltd. and your business operating name is “Jack’s Garage,” a member of the public looking for a place to drop off used tires will need to know the name you are operating under to identify your location.
What if I fall under more than one category (for example, I’m both a tire processor and hauler)?
You will have to meet the registration requirements for every category that applies to you.
Does RPRA pay incentives for collecting, hauling, and processing materials?
No. The Authority does not administer contracts or provide incentives. Under the Regulations, producers will either work with a producer responsibility organization (PRO) or work directly with collection sites, haulers, refurbisher’s and/or processors to meet their collection and management requirements. Any reimbursement for services provided towards meeting a producers’ collection and management requirements will be determined through commercial contracts.
To discuss any payment, contact your service provider or a PRO. RPRA does not set the terms of the contractual arrangements between PROs and producers.
I’m a collector. Who will pick up my tires?
Collectors will have to independently enter into commercial agreements with producers, producer responsibility organizations (PROs) or other service providers such as haulers or processors to secure tire collection services. Collectors could also continue to operate within their existing agreements with service providers such as haulers or processors. As long as a collector’s 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 now have legal obligations under the Tires Regulation, producers, or their PROs, will need your tires to meet their management requirements , but you must be registered with RPRA for your tires to count towards producers’ collection and management requirements (unless you are exempt from the registration requirement, for example, municipal sites, Crown sites and fleet operator sites).
A list of registered PROs and producers is available on RPRA’s website on the Find a Registrant page.
I service my own fleet of vehicles, am I a tire collector?
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 and you are exempt from registering as a collector with RPRA.
I have questions about my Environmental Compliance Approval for tires. Where can I get more information?
Contact the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks for any information about Environmental Compliance Approvals.
I am a retailer. What does the Tires Regulation mean for me?
As a retailer, you may also be a producer and/or a collector, based on the definitions in the Tires Regulation.
Businesses will continue to have discretion over whether they charge a fee to recover the cost of recycling their products. If a business chooses to charge a fee, they are no longer required to provide information about who is charging the visible fee and what it will be used for.
I am a municipality and I do not want to be a tire collector. Can I bring tires dropped off by residents to a registered collector?
Yes. However, the collection site may only allow up to 10 tires from a person in a single day to be dropped off. If the site is willing to accept more than 10 tires at a time, the site operator is required to record the municipality’s name, contact information, and the number of tires being dropped off. If a municipality chooses not to operate any tire collection sites, residents can be directed to a registered collector.
Contact RPRA’s Compliance Team at registry@rpra.ca, 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.
How does tire collection happen in unorganized territories?
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.