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
Click the headings below to view reports for each material.
Batteries
2022
| Category | 2020 Rechargeable Battery and 2021 Single-Use Battery 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 off 3-year average supply) |
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| Single-use batteries | 8,314 | Recycled Content: 3 | 2,945 |
| Rechargeable batteries | 1,490 | Recycled Content: 1 | 592 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on December 22, 2022 |
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2021
| Category | Supplied tonnes (reported in 2021) | Resource recovery reduction (applied for in 2021 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2022) | Resource recovery requirement for 2022 (based off supply data reported in 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-use batteries | 6,955 | Recycled Content: 3 | 2,784 |
| Rechargeable batteries | 1,339 | Recycled Content: 0 | 584 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on June 3, 2022 |
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2020
| Category | Supplied tonnes (reported in 2020) | Resource recovery reduction (applied for in 2020 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2021) | Resource recovery requirement for July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021 (based off supply data reported in 2020) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-use batteries | 6,990 | Recycled Content: 3 | 4,216 |
| Rechargeable batteries | 1,691 | Recycled Content: 36 | 964 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on June 3, 2022 |
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Blue Box
Download the historical published Blue Box supply and resource recovery data.
2023
| Category | 2022 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2023) | 2022 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2023) | Resource recovery requirement for 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverage Container | 124,552 | 124,552 | 62,274 |
| Glass | 65,855 | 65,721 | 32,850 |
| Flexible Plastic | 87,329 | 86,520 | 14,382 |
| Rigid Plastic | 136,703 | 130,443 | 43,447 |
| Metal | 47,838 | 47,693 | 21,286 |
| Paper | 525,318 | 497,082 | 249,877 |
| Certified Compostable Products and Packaging | 1,986 | 1,986 | N/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 |
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2022
| Category | 2021 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2022) | 2021 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2022) | Resource recovery requirement for 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverage Container | 113,218 | 113,218 | 28,304 |
| Glass | 62,917 | 62,917 | 15,725 |
| Flexible Plastic | 89,963 | 88,923 | 7,383 |
| Rigid Plastic | 128,369 | 126,290 | 21,014 |
| Metal | 48,603 | 48,588 | 10,842 |
| Paper | 529,059 | 516,454 | 128,763 |
| Certified Compostable Products and Packaging | 1,627 | 1,627 | N/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 |
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2021
| Category | 2020 Gross supplied tonnes (reported in 2021) | 2020 Net* supplied tonnes (reported in 2021) |
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| Beverage Container | 122,278 | 122,278 |
| Glass | 65,072 | 65,071 |
| Flexible Plastic | 86,201 | 83,977 |
| Rigid Plastic | 127,975 | 125,636 |
| Metal | 54,813 | 54,774 |
| Paper | 537,111 | 513,816 |
| Certified Compostable Products and Packaging** | 2,924 | 2,924 |
| *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. |
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O. Reg. 391/20 (Blue Box Regulation) required producers to report and 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 Type | 2022 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023) | 2022 Recovered tonnes | Resource recovery requirement for 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antifreeze | 16,744 | N/A | N/A |
| Oil Filters | 5,346 | 7,517 | 4,665 |
| Oil Containers | 4,046 | N/A | N/A |
| Paints and Coatings | 104,688 | N/A | N/A |
| Solvents | 5,177 | N/A | N/A |
| Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers | 1,990 | 162 | 446 |
| Refillable Pressurized Containers | 563 | N/A | N/A |
| Pesticides | 83 | N/A | N/A |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on May 31, 2024 |
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2022
| Material Type | 2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2022) | Resource recovery requirement for 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Antifreeze | 15,084 | N/A |
| Oil Filters | 6,277 | 5,721 |
| Oil Containers | 4,958 | N/A |
| Paints and Coatings | 102,136 | N/A |
| Solvents | 4,821 | N/A |
| Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers | 1,614 | 400 |
| Refillable Pressurized Containers | 1,066 | N/A |
| Pesticides | 57 | N/A |
| All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024 |
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2021
| Material Type | Supplied tonnes (reported in 2021) | Resource recovery requirement 2021/2022 (based off supply data reported in 2021) |
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| Antifreeze | 2020: 18,444 2019: 20,059 2018: 20,162 | N/A |
| Oil Filters | 2020: 5,755 2019: 6,558 2018: 6,195 | 5,228 |
| Oil Containers | 2020: 4,239 2019: 4,523 2018: 4,207 | N/A |
| Paints and Coatings | 2020: 104,745 2019: 91,575 2018: 93,922 | N/A |
| Solvents | 2020: 4,601 2019: 4,313 2018: 4,378 | N/A |
| Non-Refillable Pressurized Containers | 2020: 1,806 2019: 1,577 2018: 1,596 | 329 |
| Refillable Pressurized Containers | 2020: 1,100 2019: 967 2018: 1,175 | N/A |
| Pesticides | 2020: 66 2019: 59 2018: 60 | N/A |
| All data is in tonnes This data was updated on May 31, 2024 |
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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
| Program | 2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023) | Resource recovery reduction (applied for in 2023 to reduce resource recovery requirement for 2024) | Resource recovery requirement for 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighting | 4,898 | Recycled Content: 3 | 1,572 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on May 31, 2024 |
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2022
| Program | 2018, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighting | 2020: 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 |
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Tires
2023
| Category | 2021 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2023) | Collection Requirement for 2024 (based off 3-year rolling average supply) |
|---|---|---|
| All tires | 196,722 | 168,461 |
| Large tires greater than 700kg | 4,662 | 2,625 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on December 6, 2023 |
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2022
| Category | 2020 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2022) | Collection Requirement for 2023 (based off 3-year rolling average supply) |
|---|---|---|
| All tires | 179,079 | 169,212 |
| Large tires greater than 700kg | 4,183 | 2,777 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on December 22, 2022 |
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2021
| Category | 2019 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2021) | Collection Requirement for 2022 (based off 3-year rolling average supply) |
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| All tires | 215,540 | 182,610 |
| Large tires greater than 700kg | 4,554 | 2,789 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on June 3, 2022 |
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2020
| Category | 2018 Supplied tonnes (reported in 2020) | Collection Requirement for 2021 (based off 3-year rolling average supply) |
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| All tires | 217,334 | 178,865 |
| Large tires greater than 700kg | 5,270 | 2,707 |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on June 3, 2022 |
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2022
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 was achieved. However, the 85% collection target for all tires was not achieved. Note that the 2022 recovery results are not audited. They will be audited, along with 2021 and 2023 performance, in 2024.
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) | 172,040 | 16,229,043 |
| Actual All Tires Collected | 164,578 | 15,525,092 |
| All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 81.31% | |
| Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply) | 2,710 | 255,602 |
| Actual Large Tires Collected | 3,176 | 299,601 |
| Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 70.33% | |
| Tires Sent for Reuse | 3,170 | 299,041 |
| Tires Retreaded | 14,942 | 1,409,512 |
| Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber | 94,936 | 8,955,635 |
| Processed Tires – Mulch | 1,185 | 111,746 |
| Processed Tires – Aggregate | 1,343 | 126,643 |
| Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks | 4,589 | 432,928 |
| Processed Tires – Metal | 20,608 | 1,944,034 |
| Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre | 199 | 18,740 |
| Processed Tires – Other | 2,436 | 229,789 |
| Total Collected | 164,578 | 15,525,092 |
| Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected) | 139,891 | 13,196,328 |
| Total Recovered | 143,408 | 13,528,068 |
| Total Recovery Rate | 87.14% | |
| All data is in tonnes This data was published on December 6, 2023 |
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2021
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 Tires | PLT Equivalent | |
|---|---|---|
| Collection Target for All Tires (85% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply) | 178,629 | 16,850,577 |
| Actual All Tires Collected | 155,948 | 14,711,010 |
| All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 74% | |
| Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of 3-year Rolling Average of Supply) | 2,680 | 252,793 |
| Actual Large Tires Collected | 2,948 | 278,115 |
| Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 66% | |
| Tires Sent for Reuse | 3,124 | 294,693 |
| Tires Retreaded | 17,012 | 1,604,812 |
| Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber | 86,774 | |
| Processed Tires – Mulch | 143 | |
| Processed Tires – Aggregate | 400 | |
| Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks | 3,075 | |
| Processed Tires – Metal | 20,738 | |
| Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre | 159 | |
| Processed Tires – Other | 3,672 | |
| Total Collected | 155,948* | 14,711,010* |
| Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected) | 132,556 | 12,504,358 |
| Total Recovered | 135,096 | 12,743,978 |
| Total Recovery Rate | 86.63%* | |
| 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. |
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2020
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.
| KG | Tonnes | PLT Equivalent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Target for All Tires (85% of Average of Total Supplied) | 175,038,916 | 175,039 | 16,511,946 |
| Actual All Tires Collected | 158,770,306 | 158,770 | 14,977,279 |
| All Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 77% | ||
| Collection Target for Large Tires (60% of Average of Total Supplied) | 2,369,340 | 2,369 | 223,507 |
| Actual Large Tires Collected | 4,498,205 | 4,498 | 424,329 |
| Large Tires Collection Rate (collection/annual average supply) | 114% | ||
| Tires Sent for Reuse | 2,785,971 | 2,786 | 262,809 |
| Tires Retreaded | 16,727,539 | 16,728 | 1,577,959 |
| Processed Tires – Crumb Rubber | 90,071,641 | 90,072 | |
| Processed Tires – Mulch | 255,530 | 256 | |
| Processed Tires – Aggregate | 150,526 | 151 | |
| Processed Tires – Rubber Strips/Chunks | 1,916,663 | 1,917 | |
| Processed Tires – Metal | 20,626,391 | 20,626 | |
| Processed Tires – Fluff/Fibre | 105,360 | 105 | |
| Processed Tires – Other | 4,591,702 | 4,592 | |
| Total Recovered Tires | 137,231,323 | 137,231 | 12,945,442 |
| Recovery Target (85% of All Tires Collected) | 138,778,234 | 138,778 | 13,091,367 |
| Total Collected | 158,770,306 | 158,770 | 14,977,279 |
| Total Recovered | 137,231,323 | 137,231 | 12,945,442 |
| Total Recovery Rate | 86% | ||
| This data was published on June 3, 2022 | |||