A producer’s individual minimum management requirement is determined by the following formulas, found in section 14 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Regulation, summarized in the following chart:
Performance Period
Formula
Exception
2023
(2018 supply + 2019 supply + 2020 supply) / 3×30%
350 kg
2024
(2019 supply + 2020 supply + 2021 supply) / 3×30%
350 kg
2025
(2020 supply + 2021 supply + 2022 supply) / 3×30%
350 kg
2026
(2021 supply + 2022 supply + 2023 supply) / 3×40%
350 kg
2027
(2022 supply + 2023 supply + 2024 supply) / 3×50%
350 kg
Producers are exempt if their management requirement is 350 kg or less.
It is important to note that producers must ensure that all lighting collected is managed regardless of what their minimum management requirement is.
For the purposes of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Regulation, a fixture is an electrical device supporting one or several electric lamps that provide illumination. Fixtures are not obligated as lighting under the EEE Regulation.
Fixtures require an electrical connection to a power source, whether it is directly connected to alternative current or batteries.
Fixtures can be hardwired, free standing, portable and even solar powered.
Examples of fixtures include table lamps, floor lamps, etc.
A brand is any mark, word, name, symbol, design, device or graphical element, or a combination thereof, including a registered or unregistered trademark, which identifies a product and distinguishes it from other products.
A brand holder is a person who owns or licenses a brand or otherwise has rights to market a product under the brand.
Note:
If there are two or more brand holders, the producer most directly connected to the production of the material is the brand holder.
If more than one material produced by different brand holders are marketed as a single package, the producer who is more directly connected to the primary product in the package is the brand holder.
No, beverage containers are not eligible for this deduction.
The allowable deduction is permitted for Blue Box materials that are deposited into a “non-eligible source,” meaning a place where consumers dispose of Blue Box materials that are not included in the producer-run collection system.
Under the Blue Box Regulation, beverage containers that are supplied to Ontario consumers for personal, family, household or business purposes are obligated Blue Box materials. The inclusion of “business purposes” is unique to the beverage container material category.
Because supplying a beverage container can mean either supplying for “personal, family and/or household purposes” that will likely be consumed and disposed of in a residential context (e.g., a home, apartment, long-term care facility, etc.) or supplying for “business purposes” that will likely be consumed and disposed of in a commercial or institutional context (e.g., a restaurant, college or gym), there are no “non-eligible sources” for beverage containers. All beverage containers must be reported and collected from all sources, whether they are residential, business, commercial or institutional.
Where an entire community is receiving recycling curbside collection and has access to recycling depots, the requirement is that during transition, that same level of service is still provided. After transition, there is no requirement to maintain depots within these communities.
If you select electronic data interchange (EDI) as your method of payment, this is an electronic payment through your bank, also commonly known as EFT or ACH.
Follow these steps to complete your payment:
Submit your payment using RPRA’s banking information provided on your invoice.
Be sure to reference your Invoice Number when you submit this payment to your bank so that we will be able to identify your payment.
Please note:
Registry invoices are considered due on receipt.
Invoices are in CAD funds and payments must be sent in CAD.
It may take 1-2 weeks for your payment to be reflected in your Registry account once you have completed it.
If you select cheque as your method of payment, follow these steps to complete your payment:
Make your cheque payable to “Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority”
Enter your Invoice Number on the memo line of the cheque
Please send your cheque to*:
Resource Productivity Recovery Authority
PO Box 46114, STN A
Toronto, ON
M5W 4K9
*As of January 20, 2023, the address for mailing cheques to RPRA has been revised. Please update your records and send cheques to the above address going forward.
Please note:
Registry invoices are considered due on receipt.
Invoices are in CAD funds and payments must be sent in CAD.
It may take 2-4 weeks for your payment to be reflected in your Registry account once you have mailed your cheque due to mail and cheque processing times.
If you select electronic bill payment as your method of payment, this method of payment is done through your online banking account, using the bill payment functionality. It is available at major Canadian banks (e.g., TD, RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, etc.).
Follow these steps to complete your payment:
Log in to your bank account.
Go to the bill payment section and choose to add a payee.
Search for and select “RPRA” as the payee.
Once “RPRA” is selected, enter your registration number as the account number to make your payment. Your registration number can be found on your invoice.
Please note:
Registry invoices are considered due on receipt.
Invoices are in CAD funds and payments must be sent in CAD.
It may take 1-2 weeks for your payment to be reflected in your Registry account once you have completed it.
If you select bank withdrawal as your method of payment, this authorizes the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority to make a one-time withdrawal for the Registry invoice payment from the account you provided.
Bank Withdrawal – Important Terms:
You have authorized RPRA to make one-time debits from your account. RPRA will obtain your authorization before any additional one-time or sporadic withdrawal is debited from your account. You have agreed that this confirmation may be provided at least three (3) calendar days before the first payment is withdrawn from your account. You have waived any and all requirements for pre-notification of the account being debited.
Your payments are being made on behalf of a business.
Your agreement may be cancelled provided notice is received thirty (30) days before the next withdrawal. If any of the above details are incorrect, please contact us immediately at the contact information below. If the details are correct, you do not need to do anything further and your Pre-Authorized Debits (PAD) will be processed. You have certain recourse rights if any debit does not comply with these terms. For example, you have the right to receive a reimbursement for any PAD that is not authorized or is not consistent with this PAD Agreement. To obtain more information on your recourse rights, contact your financial institution or visit www.payments.ca.
Please note:
Registry invoices are considered due on receipt.
Invoices are in CAD funds and payments must be sent in CAD.
It may take 1-2 weeks for the involved banks to process your payment.
In the Manage PRO section in the Registry, the “Service End Date” is not a mandatory field. You can leave this field blank if there is no end date in your contract. If you decide to change PROs in the future, you can update this field to the date your agreement ended with that PRO.
For the purposes of the Blue Box Regulation, a beverage container is a container that:
Contains a ready-to-drink beverage product,
“Ready-to-drink” means a beverage packaged by the manufacturer for immediate consumption that does not require any preparation. A ready-to-drink beverage is intended to be consumed as purchased and does not require a dispensing device to be consumed.
“Beverage” means a consumable liquid for enjoyment or hydration. It does not include an “alcoholic beverage”, or “non-alcoholic beer, wine or spirits” as defined in O. Reg. 391/21.
Is made from metal, glass, paper or rigid plastic, or any combination of these materials, and
If a beverage container is made only of flexible plastic, it would be obligated as a Blue Box material but would be reported under the material category “Flexible Plastic” rather than the “Beverage Container” material category. The Blue Box Regulation defines flexible plastic as unmoulded plastic. For more information on reporting of packaging and beverage containers that consist of multiple materials, please see the “Component Threshold Rule” in the Blue Box Verification and Audit Procedure Registry Procedure.
Is sealed by its manufacturer.
A cup provided to a consumer in a restaurant filled with fountain pop is not sealed by the manufacturer and is therefore not considered a beverage container. However, the cup (including the lid and straw) would still be obligated as a Blue Box material in the paper and/or plastic material categories.
For greater clarity, the Registrar does not consider the packaging from the following product types to be a beverage container:
Infant formula
Meal replacements, nutritional supplements or dietary supplements
Regulated health products
Concentrated beverages intended to be mixed or diluted before consumption, such as frozen juices, cocktail mixers, extracts and flavour enhancers
Liquids that are not intended to be consumed as purchased such as soup, syrups, cream and other beverage additives, whipping cream, buttermilk, broth
Beverage containers made of flexible plastics such as milk bags (these are still to be reported as flexible plastics)
Milk products and substitutes (e.g., soy beverage, almond beverage, a rigid plastic container of milk, drinkable yogurt) are beverage containers provided they are packaged in a container as defined above.
