ontario regulation 312/26

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. 449/21

(HAZARDOUS AND SPECIAL PRODUCTS)

1. Subsection 48 (2) of Ontario Regulation 449/21 is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) In addition to the information required under subsection (1), the producer responsibility organization shall submit the following information in respect of the previous calendar year:

1. The total cost incurred by the producer responsibility organization in relation to agreements with producers to meet obligations under this Regulation.

2. 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 Parts III, IV and V, and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of HSP picked up in Ontario by HSP haulers registered under section 42 that are retained by the producer responsibility organization.

3. 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 sections 30 and 31, and

ii. B is the weight, in tonnes, of HSP that satisfies the rules set out in section 29 provided by the producer responsibility organization to HSP processors or HSP disposal facilities registered under section 42.

4. 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 the type of HSP, 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) 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 subsection (2) with respect to each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

(4) A separate report under subsections (1) to (3) must be submitted in respect of each type of HSP for which the producer responsibility organization provided services.

(5) With respect to information required under subsection (1), a report shall contain separate information in respect of each producer for which the producer responsibility organization provided services.

2. Subsection 58 (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) by and adding the following clause:

(c) reported under subsection 48 (2) or (3).

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.