ontario regulation 313/26

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. 391/21

(BLUE BOX)

1. (1) Subsection 52 (1) of Ontario Regulation 391/21 is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

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

6.  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 IV, IV.1 and V, and

ii.  B is the weight, in tonnes, of blue box material picked up in Ontario by the producer responsibility organization.

7.  The cost per tonne for the producer responsibility organization in relation to management, calculated for each blue box material category 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 39, 40 and 42, and

ii.  B is the weight, in tonnes, of blue box material that satisfies the requirements set out in section 41 provided by the producer responsibility organization to a processor registered under section 49.

8.  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 material categories, 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.

(2) Section 52 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) 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 5 to 8 of subsection (1) with respect to each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

(3) Subsection 52 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “in subsection (1)” and substituting “required under paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection (1)”.

2. Section 68 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), no information reported under paragraphs 5 to 8 of subsection 52 (1) or under subsection 52 (1.1) shall be posted on the Registry.

Commencement

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