ontario regulation 315/26

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. 30/20

(BATTERIES)

1. (1) Section 25 of Ontario Regulation 30/20 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 Part III, and

ii.  B is the weight, in tonnes, of batteries picked up in Ontario by battery haulers registered under section 21 that are retained by the producer responsibility organization.

7.  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 13 and 14, and

ii.  B is the weight, in tonnes, of batteries that meet the conditions set out in section 16 provided by the producer responsibility organization to a battery refurbisher or a battery processor registered under section 21.

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 categories of batteries, 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 25 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 5 to 8 of subsection (1) with respect to each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

2. Subsection 32 (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 5 to 8 of subsection 25 (1) or subsection 25 (2).

Commencement

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