ontario regulation 311/26

made under the

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

Made: September 17, 2026
Filed: September 21, 2026
Published on e-Laws: September 21, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: October 10, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 225/18

(TIRES)

1. Subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 225/18 is amended by adding the following definition:

“Northern Ontario” means the following geographic areas prescribed for the purposes of the Territorial Division Act, 2002:

1. Algoma.

2. Cochrane.

3. Kenora.

4. Manitoulin.

5. Nipissing.

6. Parry Sound.

7. Rainy River.

8. Sudbury.

9. Thunder Bay.

10. Timiskaming; (“Nord de l’Ontario”)

2. (1) Subsection 3.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “sections 6 to 10.1 and clause 11 (2) (a) or 12 (3) (a)” and substituting “sections 6 to 10.2 and clause 11 (2) (a)”.

(2) Subsection 3.1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “sections 6 to 10.1 and clauses 11 (2) (a) and 12 (3) (a)” and substituting “sections 6 to 10.2 and clause 11 (2) (a)”.

3. Subsection 4.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “sections 5 to 10.1 and 26” and substituting “sections 5 to 10.1, subsections 12 (1) to (12) and (14) to (16) and section 26”.

4. (1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “10.1” at the end and substituting “10.2”.

(2) Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “10.1” at the end and substituting “10.2”.

(3) Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3) If a tire collection site is operated by more than one producer responsibility organization on behalf of one or more producers, all the producer responsibility organizations operating the site must, no later than January 1 of the calendar year in which they intend to use the site to fulfil any obligation under this Regulation, have entered into an agreement that sets out,

(a) the obligations of each producer responsibility organization to arrange collection from the site; and

(b) how tires that are collected from the site will be managed throughout the calendar year.

(4) Subsection (3) applies with respect to 2027 and subsequent calendar years.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Additional tire collection sites

9.1 (1) A producer to whom section 6 applies shall, in addition to the tire collection sites required under that section, establish and operate 2,200 tire collection sites in Ontario in the calendar year, at least 220 of which shall be located in Northern Ontario.

(2) A producer to whom section 8 applies and who chooses to satisfy the requirements in paragraph 2 of that section shall, in addition to the tire collection sites required under that paragraph, establish and operate 2,200 tire collection sites in Ontario in the calendar year, at least 220 of which shall be located in Northern Ontario.

6. The French version of paragraph 1.1 of subsection 10 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “au cours de l’année civile” at the end.

7. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Substitution of tire collection sites

10.2 A producer may not substitute a tire collection site that was established to satisfy its obligations under section 6, 7, 8 or 9.1, and that was reported under paragraph 1 of subsection 18.2 (1), unless one of the following conditions applies:

1. The tire collection site is closing and the producer is substituting a new tire collection site.

2. The tire collection site’s owner or operator decides it no longer wants the site to be used to satisfy the producer’s obligation under section 6, 7, 8 or 9.1 and the producer is substituting a new tire collection site.

8. (1) The French version of clause 11 (2) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “prises” and substituting “entreprises”.

(2) The French version of subsection 11 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “menées” and substituting “entreprises”.

9. Section 12 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Management of tires, 2025 and subsequent years

12. (1) In this section,

“management target” means a producer’s average weight of supply multiplied by 0.80; (“cible de gestion”)

“management target year” means the calendar year in respect of which a management target is calculated. (“année de la cible de gestion”)

(2) Every producer shall establish and operate a system for managing tires in accordance with the requirements set out in this section.

(3) Every calendar year, a producer shall account for a calculated weight of managed tires that meets or exceeds the producer’s management target for that year.

(4) For the purpose of satisfying the requirement set out in subsection (3), a producer may account for managed tires by entering into an agreement for the managed tires with,

(a) a tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader registered under section 17;

(b) a producer responsibility organization who contracts with a tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader registered under section 17; and

(c) a producer responsibility organization that has acquired or will acquire the managed tires from another producer responsibility organization.

(5) Managed tires that are used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3) must meet the following conditions:

1. The managed tires must be collected from a location in Ontario.

2. The managed tires must be collected by a tire hauler registered under section 17 in the same calendar year that they are used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3).

3. One or more of the activities referred to in subsection (6) must be undertaken with respect to the managed tires by March 31 in the year following the year in which the managed tires are used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3).

(6) The activities referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection (5) are the following:

1. A tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader registered under section 17 sells the tires and the tires are reused for their original purpose,

i. without modification, or

ii. with modification, including repair but not including retreading.

2. A tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader registered under section 17 provides the tires and the tires are reused without modification for a new purpose, including for the purpose of being reused as a bumper or similar apparatus for absorbing shock or preventing damage, but not including for the purpose of being deposited on land.

3. A tire retreader registered under section 17 retreads the tires.

4. A tire processor registered under section 17 processes the tires and the processed materials are used in place of raw materials in the making of new products or packaging, including the following:

i. Blasting mats.

ii. Paving products used in pavement, including products used to maintain or repair pavement.

iii. Rubber products used for indoor or outdoor surfaces, including poured-in-place rubber products, mats, curbs, carpeting or athletic or recreational surfacing.

iv. Rubber products used for bases to support signage.

v. Subject to subsection (8), mulch and landscaping material.

vi. Subject to subsection (8), tire-derived aggregate used in roadbed construction or repair.

(7) The weight of a managed tire, or any portion of a managed tire, that is used in one of the following ways shall not be used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3):

1. The managed tire is land disposed.

2. The managed tire is incinerated or used as a fuel or a fuel supplement.

3. The managed tire is stored, stockpiled or otherwise deposited on land, unless it is deposited on land in a manner set out in paragraph 4 of subsection (6).

(8) The weight of managed tires that are mulch and landscaping material and tire-derived aggregate used in roadbed construction or repair must not, separately or combined, account for more than 20 per cent of the calculated weight of managed tires used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3) in a management target year.

(9) A producer responsibility organization shall not acquire managed tires from another producer responsibility organization unless there is a written agreement between the producer responsibility organizations that,

(a) is made before the end of the management target year in which the managed tires will be used to satisfy the requirement set out in of subsection (3);

(b) sets out a method for calculating the cost of the managed tires that are acquired;

(c) includes information, provided by the producer responsibility organization transferring the managed tires, related to the tire haulers, tire processors and tire retreaders registered under section 17 that will undertake the activities referred to in subsection (6); and

(d) includes information, provided by the producer responsibility organization transferring the managed tires, that describes how the managed tires subject to the agreement will have satisfied the conditions set out in subsection (5).

(10) A producer responsibility organization shall not acquire managed tires from a tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader registered under section 17 unless there is a written agreement between the producer responsibility organization and the tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader that,

(a) is made before the end of the management target year in which the managed tires will be used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3);

(b) sets out a method for calculating the cost of the managed tires that are acquired; and

(c) includes information, provided by the tire hauler, tire processor or tire retreader, as the case may be, that describes how the managed tires subject to the agreement will have satisfied the conditions set out in subsection (5).

(11) A managed tire shall not be counted towards satisfying a producer’s requirement under subsection (3) more than once and shall not be counted towards satisfying that requirement by more than one producer.

(12) For greater certainty, subsection 18 (4) does not prohibit a producer from using small tires for the purposes of satisfying the requirement set out in subsection (3).

(13) Any producer who collects tires in a calendar year, despite subsection 4.1 (1) providing that the producer is not required to collect tires in that calendar year, shall ensure that the activities referred to in subsection (6) are undertaken with respect to those tires.

(14) Every producer who supplies large tires, or a vehicle on which large tires are provided, shall satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3) using an amount of large tires that is equal to at least 60 per cent of the producer’s average weight of supply for that calendar year that is attributable to large tires supplied or provided on vehicles supplied to consumers in Ontario.

(15) If a producer has, for the purpose of satisfying the requirement set out in subsection (3), entered into an agreement for managed tires with a producer responsibility organization, the producer responsibility organization shall ensure that the activities referred to in subsection (6) are undertaken with respect to the tires by March 31 in the year following the year in which the managed tires are used to satisfy the requirement set out in subsection (3).

(16) For greater certainty, subsection (15) applies regardless of whether the producer responsibility organization acquired the managed tires from another producer responsibility organization.

(17) For greater certainty, in respect of 2025, tires shall be managed in accordance with this regulation as it read on December 31, 2025.

10. Subparagraph 5 iv of subsection 15 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

11. Paragraph 4 of subsection 16 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

4. A description of how the producer responsibility organization will assist producers who have retained the organization’s services for the purposes of meeting their requirements under this Regulation.

12. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 18 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding “other than any actions required to be described under section 18.2” at the end.

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 18 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. A description of the activities undertaken to comply with subsection 12 (3) by the producer and by any producer responsibility organization retained by the producer, including the following information:

i. The number and calculated weight of tires, for each tire type, that were reused.

ii. The number and calculated weight of tires, for each tire type, that were retreaded.

iii. The weight of processed materials, by material type, that resulted from the processing of tires.

iv. A list of the types of products and packaging that were made with the processed materials referred to in subparagraph iii.

v. The number and calculated weight of tires and the weight of processed materials that were,

A. land disposed,

B. incinerated,

C. used as a fuel or a fuel supplement, or

D. stored, stockpiled, or otherwise deposited on land, except in a manner set out in paragraph 4 of subsection 12 (6).

(3) Paragraph 2 of subsection 18 (5) of the Regulation is amended by,

(a) striking out “subsection 11 (3) or 12 (4), as the case may be” in the portion before subparagraph i and substituting “subsection 12 (3)”; and

(b) revoking subparagraph v and substituting the following:

v. The number and calculated weight of tires and the weight of processed materials that were,

A. land disposed,

B. incinerated,

C. used as a fuel or a fuel supplement, or

D. stored, stockpiled, or otherwise deposited on land, except in a manner set out in paragraph 4 of subsection 12 (6).

13. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Reports, tire collection

18.2 (1) On or before January 1 in each year, every producer or, if the producer has entered into an agreement with a producer responsibility organization that will provide collection services or management services under this Regulation, the producer responsibility organization, shall create and submit to the Authority through the Registry a document that contains the following information with respect to the year:

1. The number of tire collection sites and the location and contact information of every tire collection site the producer will establish and operate to satisfy its obligations under section 6, 7, 8 or 9.1.

2. If a tire collection site will be established and operated by more than one producer responsibility organization, the name of each producer responsibility organization that will establish and operate the site.

3. For each tire collection site,

i. which section of this Regulation the site will be established and operated to satisfy,

ii. if the site will be established and operated to satisfy the requirements in section 6, 7 or 8, whether the site will be established under section 10.1, and

iii. if the site will be established and operated to satisfy the requirements in section 9.1, whether the site will be located in Northern Ontario.

4. The number of public tire collection events and the location and date of every public tire collection event that the producer or producer responsibility organization will arrange in accordance with subsection 10 (2).

5. If a public tire collection event will be arranged and operated by more than one producer responsibility organization, the name of each producer responsibility organization.

(2) The producer or producer responsibility organization shall update the information submitted under subsection (1) no later than 15 days after doing any of the following:

1. Establishing a new tire collection site to fulfil their obligations under section 6, 7, 8 or 9.1.

2. Substituting a tire collection site in accordance with section 10.2.

3. Arranging a new public tire collection event.

4. Substituting a public tire collection event with a different public tire collection event or a tire collection site.

14. (1) Section 19 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

2. The calculated weight of managed tires that each producer who retained the producer responsibility organization’s services for the purposes of meeting the requirements under subsection 12 (3) could account for because of the actions of the producer responsibility organization.

(2) Paragraphs 3 and 4 of section 19 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

3. For each tire type, the total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to agreements with producers to meet obligations under this Regulation.

4. For each tire type, the cost per tonne for the producer responsibility organization in relation to collection, calculated using the formula A/B, where,

i. A is the total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to assisting its producer clients to meet their collection obligations under sections 5 to 10.2, and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of tires picked up in Ontario by tire haulers registered under section 17 that are retained by the producer responsibility organization. 

5. For each tire type, the cost per tonne for the producer responsibility organization in relation to management, calculated using the formula A/B, where,

i. A is the total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to assisting its producer clients to satisfy their management obligation under subsection 12 (3), and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of tires that meet the conditions set out in subsection 12 (5) provided by the producer responsibility organization to tire haulers, tire processors or tire retreaders registered under section 17.

6. The methodology or methodologies the producer responsibility organization used to calculate costs charged to its producer clients for services provided in relation to this Regulation, including,

i. a fee schedule or any such document setting out any groupings, including tire types, that the producer responsibility organization used to allocate costs to producers, and

ii. if the producer responsibility organization calculated charges based on a cost per unit, the cost per unit.

(3) Section 19 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) No later than December 31, 2026, every producer responsibility organization shall create and submit to the Authority through the Registry a report that contains the information set out in paragraphs 3 to 6 of subsection (1) with respect to each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

15. The French version of paragraph 3 of section 22 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “exercées” and substituting “entreprises”.

16. (1) Paragraph 2 of section 23 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “12 (4)” and substituting “12 (6)”.

(2) The French version of paragraph 2 of section 23 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “menée” and substituting “entreprise”.

17. Subsection 27 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (a), by adding “or” at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clause:

(c) reported under paragraphs 3 to 6 of subsection 19 (1) or under subsection 19 (2).

Commencement

18. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Section 5 comes into force on January 1, 2027.