Battery collection sites
 11. (1) Every producer who establishes and operates a battery collection site for the purposes of subsection 9 (2) or 10 (2) shall ensure that, with respect to each battery collection site that is part of the producer’s collection system, the following requirements are satisfied: 1. If the battery collection site is not part of a retail location, the site must accept all batteries. 2. If the battery collection site is part of a retail location, the site must accept, at a minimum, all batteries that fall into the same category and are similar in size and function to the batteries supplied by the producer at that location. 3. The battery collection site must be readily accessible to the public and must be operated and accept batteries during normal business hours throughout the performance period. 4. The battery collection site must accept, at a minimum, up to 15 kilograms of batteries per day from any person. 5. If a battery collection site is not part of a retail location and accepts more than 15 kilograms of batteries from a person on a single day, the operator of the site shall record the person’s name, contact information, any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar and the weight of batteries accepted. (2) For greater certainty, a battery collection site may be operated by or on behalf of one or more producers and may be relied on by one or more producers to satisfy the requirements set out in sections 9 and 10. (3) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may reduce the number of battery collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 9 (2) or 10 (2), as the case may be, by the percentage of residences in the municipality or territorial district, including residences in multi-unit residential buildings, (a) from which the producer collects that category of batteries, at least four times during the applicable performance period; and (b) to which the producer distributes adequate containers for the collection of the batteries, at no charge. (4) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may reduce the number of battery collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 9 (2) or 10 (2), as the case may be, by the percentage of batteries that the producer supplied in Ontario in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the applicable performance period begins that were subject to a collection program operated by or on behalf of the producer that, (a) allowed the consumer to return the batteries, at no charge, in a manner that was, at a minimum, equivalent to the manner in which the batteries were supplied; and (b) provided the consumer, at no charge, with the packaging or shipping materials required to return the batteries. (5) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may replace a portion of battery collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 9 (2) or 10 (2), as the case may be, with public battery collection events in accordance with the following rules: 1. A producer may replace up to 25 per cent of the total number of battery collection sites the producer is required to provide in Ontario, regardless of any reductions under subsections (3) and (4), with the same number of public battery collection events. 2. A public battery collection event must be readily accessible to the public, must operate for at least four consecutive hours on the day it is held and must accept all batteries. (6) Despite subsections (3), (4) and (5), the number of battery collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate shall not be reduced below one battery collection site or one public battery collection event in a local municipality or territorial district with a population of 1,000 or more, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, in which the producer supplied batteries at a retail location in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the applicable performance period begins. (7) Subject to subsection (9), with respect to a battery collection site owned or operated by the Crown in right of Ontario or by a municipality with a population of less than 1,000, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, if the operator of the site collects more than one tonne of batteries, (a) the operator may notify a large producer of batteries; and (b) the producer shall collect all of the batteries of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 553/22, s. 6 (1). (8) Subject to subsection (9), with respect to a battery collection site located on a reserve, as defined in the Indian Act (Canada), if the operator of the site collects more than one tonne of batteries, (a) the operator may notify a large producer of batteries; and (b) the producer shall collect all of the batteries of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 553/22, s. 6 (2). (9) Subsections (7) and (8) do not apply to a battery collection site that is located in the Far North, as defined under the Far North Act, 2010. Part Iv   management of batteries