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2.
 2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), “blue box material” means material that is, (a) blue box packaging, (b) a paper product, or (c) a packaging-like product. (2) “Blue box material” does not include the following material: 1. A material that is not primarily made from paper, glass, metal or plastic, or a combination of these materials. 2. A material included in another designated class under section 60 of the Act. 3. A pharmaceutical or sharp in respect of which there are collection or disposal obligations prescribed under Ontario Regulation 298/12 (Collection of Pharmaceuticals and Sharps — Responsibilities of Producers) made under the Environmental Protection Act. 4. A material included in the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Program, if that program is in operation under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016. 5. A product designed for the containment of waste. 6. A health, hygiene or safety product that, by virtue of its anticipated use, becomes unsafe or unsanitary to recycle. 7. Blue box packaging that cannot be easily separated from hazardous waste within the meaning of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Environmental Protection Act. 8. An alcoholic beverage product and packaging.
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 3. (1) The following are material categories for the purposes of this Regulation: 1. Beverage container material category. 2. Glass material category. 3. Flexible plastic material category. 4. Rigid plastic material category. 5. Metal material category. 6. Paper material category. 7. Certified compostable products and packaging material category. (2) Subject to subsection (3), all blue box material shall be assigned to a material category and no blue box material shall be assigned to more than one material category. (3) Blue box material may be divided into separate components, and each component may be assigned to its own material category, as long as all the components of the blue box material are assigned to a material category. (4) Blue box material shall be assigned to the material category that best matches its primary characteristic. (5) The assignment of blue box material to a material category must comply with any applicable requirements in the Blue Box Verification and Audit Procedure. (6) Subject to subsection (9), the flexible plastic material category includes material primarily made from flexible plastic. (7) Subject to subsections (8) and (9), the rigid plastic material category includes material primarily made from rigid plastic. (8) The beverage container material category includes all beverage containers, even if they are made primarily of glass, paper, metal or rigid plastic. (9) The certified compostable products and packaging material category includes all certified compostable products and packaging, even if they are primarily made of paper or plastic.
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 4. (1) Subject to the other provisions in this section, “eligible source” means any residence or facility in an eligible community. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a residence or facility in an eligible community that is included in the Blue Box Transition Schedule is not an eligible source until the date when the Blue Box Transition Schedule states that the eligible community will start to receive collection services under this Regulation. (3) A residence or facility that did not receive collection services under the WDTA blue box program before the date when the Blue Box Transition Schedule states the local municipality, local services board area or reserve that contained the residence will start to receive collection services under this Regulation is not an eligible source during the transition period. (4) A facility in an eligible community in the Blue Box Transition Schedule that would not be eligible to receive collection services under the WDTA blue box program because of the criteria or conditions of that program applicable on August 15, 2019 is not an eligible source during the transition period. (5) A residence in an eligible community that is not an eligible source during the transition period becomes an eligible source on the later of, (a) January 1, 2026; and (b) the date that a local municipality, local services board or First Nation includes the residence in the information it provides under paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection 55 (2), pursuant to section 56 or 57. (6) A facility in an eligible community that is not an eligible source during the transition period becomes an eligible source on the later of, (a) January 1, 2026; and (b) the date the facility registers under section 63.
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 5. Parts IV, V, VI and VIII of this Regulation do not apply to blue box material in the certified compostable products and packaging material category and blue box material in the certified compostable products and packaging material category shall not, (a) give rise to collection obligations under Part IV; (b) be registered as a material category for an alternative collection system under Part V; (c) be used for the calculation of a management requirement under Part VI; or (d) give rise to promotion and education obligations under Part VIII. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 2.
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 5.1 (1) If, in a calendar year, more than 70 per cent of the weight of blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario for which the person is a producer is newspapers, that person is exempt from Parts IV, VI and VIII in the following two calendar years. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 2. (2) For greater certainty, a producer to whom Part IV applies shall collect newspapers as part of its collection of blue box material. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 2. (3) For greater certainty, a producer to whom Part VI applies may use recovered resources from newspapers to meet the producer’s management requirement under Part VI. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 2. (4) For the purposes of this section, “newspapers” include any protective plastic wrapping and any supplemental advertisements and inserts that are provided along with the newspapers. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 2.
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 6. For the purposes of section 60 of the Act, blue box material is a designated class of material.
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 7. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of subsection 61 (2) of the Act, the condition that must be met by a person in respect of blue box material is that the person must be a producer responsibility organization. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 3. (2) For the purposes of clause 61 (6) (c) of the Act, the criterion that the person must satisfy is that the person must be a producer responsibility organization or a producer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 3. (3) For the purposes of clause 62 (1) (d) of the Act, the criterion that must be satisfied by a person is that the person must be a producer responsibility organization or a producer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 3. PART II   Determination of the Producer
PART II DETERMINATION OF THE PRODUCER
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Part only applies to blue box packaging, paper products and packaging-like products that are blue box material.
9.
 9. (1) Where blue box packaging for a product is supplied in Ontario to a consumer, the producer of that blue box packaging shall be determined in accordance with the following rules: 1. For the portion of the blue box packaging of a product that a brand holder added to the product, the producer is, i. the brand holder of the product, if the brand holder is resident in Canada, ii. if there is no person described in subparagraph i, the importer of the product, if the importer is resident in Ontario, or iii. if there is no person described in subparagraph i or ii, the retailer who supplied the product to the consumer. 2. For the portion of the blue box packaging of a product that an importer of the product into Ontario added to the product, the producer is, i. the importer of the product into Ontario, if the importer is a person who is resident in Ontario, or ii. if there is no person described in subparagraph i, the retailer who supplied the product to the consumer. 3. For any portion of the blue box packaging not described in paragraph 1 or 2, the producer is the retailer who supplied the product to the consumer. (2) For the purposes of determining the producer in accordance with subsection (1), the following rules apply: 1. Blue box packaging added to a product includes blue box packaging added at any stage of the production, distribution and supply of the product. 2. A person adds blue box packaging to a product if the person, i. makes the blue box packaging available for use by another person who adds the blue box packaging to the product, ii. causes another person to add the blue box packaging to a product, or iii. combines the product and the blue box packaging.
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 10. Where paper products or packaging-like products are supplied in Ontario to a consumer, the person who is the producer of the paper products or packaging-like products shall be determined in accordance with the following rules: 1. The producer is the brand holder of the paper product or packaging-like product, if the brand holder is resident in Canada. 2. If there is no person described in paragraph 1, the producer is the importer of the paper product or packaging-like product, if the importer is resident in Ontario. 3. If there is no person described in paragraph 1 or 2, the producer is the retailer who supplied the paper product or packaging-like product to the consumer.
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 11. If the producer determined in accordance with section 9 or 10 is a brand holder but there are two or more brand holders resident in Canada in respect of the blue box material, the producer is the brand holder who is most closely connected to the manufacture or production of the blue box material.
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 12. Where the producer determined in accordance with section 9 or 10 is a business operated wholly or in part as a franchise, the producer is the franchisor, if that franchisor has franchisees that are resident in Ontario.
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 13. If the producer determined in accordance with section 9 or 10 is a retailer and that retailer is a marketplace seller, the marketplace facilitator that contracts with the marketplace seller shall be deemed to be the retailer for purposes of this Part. Part iii (s. 14-18) Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 4. 14.-18. Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 4. Part IV   Collection
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 19. (1) Every producer shall establish and operate a collection system in accordance with this Part. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6. (2) For the purposes of this section, (a) one or more producers may satisfy their obligations under subsection (1) through the establishment and operation of a collection system by another person on their behalf; (b) if a person is establishing and operating a collection system on behalf of a producer, the producer shall ensure that there is a written agreement between the producer and that person with respect to the establishment and operation of the collection system; and (c) a single collection system may be established and operated on behalf of every producer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6.
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 19.1 (1) Every producer responsibility organization that has entered into an agreement with a producer to provide collection services under this Part on behalf of a producer shall establish and operate a collection system in accordance with this Part. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6. (2) In this Part, a reference to a producer includes a producer responsibility organization to which subsection (1) applies. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6.
19.2
 19.2 Section 19 does not apply to a producer in a calendar year if either of the following circumstances applies in respect of the producer: 1. The establishment and operation of an alternative collection system has been registered for every material category of blue box material for which the producer reported in the previous year an amount under subparagraph 7 iii of subsection 45 (3), paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (3) or paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (1), as applicable, that is greater than the minimum amount set out in section 42 for that material category. 2. The weights reported in the previous year by the producer under subparagraph 7 iii of subsection 45 (3), paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (3) or paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (1), as applicable, for every material category is less than the minimum amount set out in section 42 for each respective material category. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6.
20.
 20. Every producer to whom section 19 applies shall provide curbside collection of blue box material for every residence that is an eligible source that receives curbside garbage collection. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6.
21.
 21. Every producer to whom section 19 applies shall provide either depot collection or curbside collection of blue box material for every residence that is an eligible source that does not receive curbside garbage collection. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 6.
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 22. A producer to whom section 19 applies who provides curbside collection for an eligible source that is a residence shall, (a) collect blue box material from the residence at least every other week; (b) collect, in a single day, all blue box material set out for curbside collection at the residence; and (c) provide blue box receptacles for the storage of blue box material at the residence until the blue box material is collected and, when it provides such receptacles, shall, (i) provide blue box receptacles that are appropriate for the residence, including with respect to size, (ii) ensure that each residence has a blue box receptacle at least one week prior to the date on which the producer commences collecting from that residence, (iii) ensure that each residence has a blue box receptacle that is able to ordinarily store all of the blue box material deposited at that residence until the next collection day, and (iv) repair or replace any damaged blue box receptacle upon request of a person residing at the residence, within one week of the request. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 22; O. Reg. 349/22, s. 7.
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 23. During the transition period, a producer to whom section 19 applies that provides curbside collection for an eligible source that is a residence shall, (a) collect blue box material from the residence at a frequency that is the same as or more frequent than the frequency of the WDTA blue box program that served residences in that eligible community on August 15, 2019; (b) collect, at a minimum, the blue box material that was collected under the WDTA blue box program that served residences in that eligible community on August 15, 2019, and may collect any additional blue box material; and (c) operate at least as many depot collection sites for blue box material as there were depot collection sites for blue box material in that eligible community under the WDTA blue box program on August 15, 2019, if every residence in that eligible community is receiving curbside collection. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 23; O. Reg. 349/22, s. 8.
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 24. A producer to whom section 19 applies who provides depot collection for an eligible source that is a residence shall, (a) operate at least as many depot collection sites for blue box material as there are depot collection sites for household garbage in the eligible community where the residence is situated; (b) ensure that the depot collection sites for blue box material have operating hours that are at least as accessible as the hours for depot collection sites for household garbage in the eligible community where the residence is situated; (c) collect the blue box material deposited at the depot collection site before the blue box receptacles at the depot collection site are full; and (d) provide blue box receptacles at each depot collection site for the storage of blue box material until it is collected and, when it provides such receptacles, shall, (i) provide blue box receptacles that are appropriate for the depot collection site, including with respect to size, (ii) ensure that each depot collection site has a blue box receptacle before the day on which the producer commences operating the site, (iii) ensure that each depot collection site has blue box receptacles at least one week prior to the date on which the producer is required to provide depot collection in that eligible community, and (iv) repair or replace any damaged blue box receptacle at the depot collection site upon request by an operator of the site, within one week of the request. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 9.
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 25. During the transition period, a producer to whom section 19 applies who provides depot collection for an eligible source that is a residence shall accept, at a minimum, the blue box material that was accepted under the WDTA blue box program that served residences in that eligible community on August 15, 2019, and may accept any additional blue box material. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 25; O. Reg. 349/22, s. 10.
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 26. For greater certainty, a depot collection site provided under this Part may service one or more residences. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 11.
27.
 27. (1) A producer to whom section 19 applies shall, with respect to every facility that is an eligible source, (a) provide blue box receptacles for the storage of blue box material at the facility until it is collected and, when it provides such receptacles, shall, (i) provide blue box receptacles that are appropriate for the facility, with respect to facility size and how blue box materials are managed at the facility, (ii) ensure that the facility has blue box receptacles at least one week prior to the date on which the producer is required to commence collecting from that facility, (iii) ensure that each facility has blue box receptacles that are able to ordinarily store all of the blue box material deposited at the facility until the blue box waste is collected, and (iv) repair or replace any damaged blue box receptacles at the facility upon request by the owner or operator of the facility, within one week of the request; and (b) collect blue box material from the facility before the blue box receptacles at the facility are full. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 27 (1); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 12. (2) A producer is only required to provide services under subsection (1) for blue box material that is generated at a facility, (a) by or on behalf of the residents of a dwelling unit; (b) by the operation of a long-term care home within the meaning of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021; (c) by the operation of a retirement home within the meaning of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010; or (d) by the operation of a school or private school as defined under the Education Act. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 27 (2); O. Reg. 267/22, s. 2. (3) During the transition period, a producer that provides collection for a facility shall collect, at a minimum, the blue box material that was collected under the WDTA blue box program that served facilities in that eligible community on August 15, 2019, and may collect any additional blue box material. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 27 (3).
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 28. (1) Commencing January 1, 2026, a producer to whom section 19 applies shall collect blue box material from public spaces in each eligible community in accordance with this section. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 13. (2) In each calendar year, a producer shall provide in each eligible community at least the number of blue box receptacles determined under subsection (3). O. Reg. 349/22, s. 13. (3) Subject to subsection (4), for the purposes of determining the number under subsection (2), the producer shall divide the population of the eligible community by the number set out in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection opposite the applicable description of the population in Column 1 of the Table. TABLE Item   Column 1   Population of eligible community   Column 2   Number by which to divide the population 

  1.   500,000 or more   400 

  2.   30,000 or more but less than 500,000   600 

  3.   5,000 or more but less than 30,000   800 

  4.   Less than 5,000   1,000 O. Reg. 349/22, s. 13. (4) If the number determined under subsection (3) is less than one, at least one blue box receptacle shall be provided in the eligible community. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 13.
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 29. (1) During the transition period, in each eligible community, a producer to whom section 19 applies shall provide blue box receptacles in the same public spaces and in the same quantity as were provided in that eligible community under the WDTA blue box program, as required to be registered under subsection 54 (2). O. Reg. 349/22, s. 14. (2) For greater certainty, a blue box receptacle in a public space provided under this section may be provided by or on behalf of one or more producers and, if it is provided by more than one producer, it may be relied on by each of these producers to satisfy the requirement in this section. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 29 (2).
30.
 30. (1) A producer to whom section 19 applies shall collect blue box material from the blue box receptacles the producer provided under sections 28 and 29 at a frequency that ordinarily results in blue box materials being collected before the receptacles are full. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 30 (1); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 15. (2) A producer that provides blue box receptacles under sections 28 and 29 shall, (a) provide blue box receptacles that are appropriate for the public space, including with respect to size, durability and signage; (b) repair or replace any damaged blue box receptacles it provided within one week of being notified of the damage by the local municipality, local services board or First Nation; and (c) where a blue box receptacle is placed in a park or a playground, locate the receptacle at entry or exit points or where persons congregate. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 30 (2).
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 31.1 The Authority shall make available to producers to whom section 19 applies such information in its possession as is necessary for compliance with this Part. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 16. Part IV.1   supplemental collection system
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Supplemental collection system
 31.2 (1) A producer may elect to register a collection system as a supplemental collection system if the producer establishes and operates the system. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 2. (2) A producer who has elected to register a collection system under subsection (1) may do so by submitting the information mentioned in paragraph 5 of subsection 45 (3) to the Authority, through the Registry, as part of the producer’s registration. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 2. (3) For the purposes of this section, (a) two or more producers may share in the establishment and operation of a system; (b) a person may establish and operate a system on behalf of one or more producers; and (c) if a person is establishing and operating a system on behalf of a producer, the producer shall ensure that there is a written agreement between the producer and that person with respect to the establishment and operation of the system. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 2. Part V   Alternative Collection System
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Producers and alternative collection system
 32. A producer may register the establishment and operation of an alternative collection system for one or more material categories of blue box material in accordance with this Part.
Establishment and operation
 33. On or after July 1, 2023, a producer may register its establishment and operation of an alternative collection system for blue box material in a material category if, immediately before registration, (a) the collection system enabled the producer to collect blue box material for which it is the producer and that is in a material category for which the system is being registered under section 32; (b) the collection system enabled the producer to meet its management obligations under Part VI for the material categories for which the system is being registered using only blue box material collected under clause (a); (c) any collection sites, such as depots or return-to-retail locations, that were part of the collection system were operated in accordance with clauses 34 (a) to (c); and (d) any collection by mail that is part of the collection system was operated in accordance with clauses 35 (a) to (c). O. Reg. 391/21, s. 33; O. Reg. 349/22, s. 17.
Depot requirements
 34. A producer who has registered an alternative collection system for blue box material in a material category that includes collection sites such as depots or return-to-retail locations shall, during every year that the registration applies, ensure that the collection sites are, (a) located in every eligible community where the blue box material in respect of which the person is a producer is supplied; (b) operated year-round; and (c) open during normal business hours.
Mail requirements
 35. A producer who has registered an alternative collection system for blue box material in a material category that includes collection by mail shall, during every year that the registration applies, ensure that the collection of blue box material by mail is, (a) available in every eligible community where the blue box material in respect of which the person is a producer is supplied; (b) operated year-round; and (c) postage paid for the consumer.
Revocation of registration
 36. A producer’s registration of an alternative collection system for a material category is revoked if, twice in a three-year period, the producer does not meet its management obligation under Part VI for that material category using only blue box material collected through the alternative collection system for which the producer is registered.
Multiple producers, etc.
 37. For the purposes of this Part, (a) two or more producers may share in the establishment and operation of a system; (b) a person may establish and operate a system on behalf of one or more producers; and (c) if a person is establishing and operating a system on behalf of a producer, the producer shall ensure that there is a written agreement between the producer and that person with respect to the establishment and operation of the system. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 3. PART VI   Management
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Producer obligation
 38. Every producer shall establish and operate a system for managing blue box material in accordance with this Part.
Accounting
 39. (1) Subject to subsection (2), beginning in 2023, on or before December 31 of each year, a producer shall account for a weight of recovered resources in each material category that meets or exceeds its management requirement for that material category. (2) During the transition period, the producer shall use best efforts to comply with subsection (1) as it would read if, (a) the management requirement for each material category in 2023 for a producer is reduced by two thirds; (b) the management requirement for each material category in 2024 for a producer is reduced by one third; and (c) the management requirement for each material category in 2025 is not reduced.
Management requirement
 40. (1) The producer shall determine its management requirement for a material category for a year using the following formula: Management Requirement = A × B where, “A” is the weight in tonnes of blue box material in the material category that the producer is required to report in the previous year, (a) if the management requirement is for 2023, under paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (3), (b) if the management requirement is for 2024, under paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (3) or, if applicable, paragraph 2 of subsection 50 (4), or (c) if the management requirement is for 2025 or any subsequent year, under paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (1), and “B” is, (a) if the management requirement is for 2023, 2024 or 2025, the recovery percentage for 2026 for the material category, as set out in the Table to section 42, and (b) if the management requirement is for 2026 or any subsequent year, the recovery percentage for the applicable year for the material category, as set out in the Table to section 42. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 4. (2) If, when applying subsection (1) to determine the management requirement for a material category for a year, the weight of “A” in the formula under subsection (1) is less than the minimum amount for that material category set out in the Table to section 42, section 39 does not apply to the producer in respect of the material category in that year. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 4.
Recovered resources
 41. (1) A producer may only account for recovered resources, in respect of the producer’s management requirement for a material category, that satisfy the requirements set out in subsection (2). O. Reg. 391/21, s. 41 (1). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following requirements must be satisfied: 1. The recovered resources must be, i. marketed for re-use for their original purpose or function, or ii. marketed for use in new products or packaging. 2. The weight of the recovered resources may only be counted one time by the producer and must not be counted by more than one producer. 3. The recovered resources must be recovered from blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario. 4. The recovered resources must have been processed within three months of the registered processor who reported the recovered resources receiving the blue box material from which they were recovered. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 41 (2). (3) A producer may only satisfy a management requirement for a material category with recovered resources that were recovered from blue box material in that material category. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 41 (3). (3.1) With respect to the management requirement for 2024, no producer shall satisfy the requirement with recovered resources from blue box material, the weight of which was reported in paragraph 2 of subsection 50 (3) or, if applicable, paragraph 1 of subsection 50 (4). O. Reg. 174/23, s. 5. (3.2) No producer shall satisfy a management requirement with recovered resources from blue box material, the weight of which was reported in paragraph 2 of subsection 51 (1). O. Reg. 174/23, s. 5. (4) Recovered resources that meet any of the following conditions shall not be accounted for in respect of a producer’s management requirement for a material category: 1. The recovered resources are supplied for use in a product that is land cover, unless the land cover is, i. aggregate and the recovered resources in the aggregate do not account for more than 15 per cent of the producer’s management requirement for any material category, or ii. a product that supports soil health or crop growth that is, A. created through the combination of the recovered resources with organic matter, and B. created from recovered resources that are recovered from paper. 2. The recovered resources are supplied for use in a product that is fuel or a fuel supplement. 3. The recovered resources are supplied to an incinerator for use in incineration. 4. The recovered resources are land filled or land disposed by the processor, producer or the producer responsibility organization. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 41 (4); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 18.
Minimum requirements
 42. The minimum amount and recovery percentages for the purposes of section 40 are set out in the following Table: Table Material category   Minimum amount under subsection 40 (2)   (in tonnes)   Recovery percentage 2026 - 2029 (expressed as a percentage)   Recovery percentage 2030 onwards (expressed as a percentage) 

  Paper   9   80   85 

  Rigid Plastic   2   50   60 

  Flexible Plastic   2   25   40 

  Glass   1   75   85 

  Metal   1   67   75 

  Beverage Containers   1   75   80
Reporting requirement
 43. When a producer reports the recovered resources that the producer used to satisfy a management requirement in the previous calendar year, the producer shall only report recovered resources that, (a) the producer recovered, if the producer is a registered processor; or (b) a registered processor, other than the producer, recovered, if that registered processor either, (i) reported the recovered resources to the Authority through the Registry in the name of the producer, or (ii) reported the recovered resources to the Authority in the name of a producer responsibility organization and that producer responsibility organization then reported those resources as allocated to the producer through the Registry under paragraph 4 of subsection 52 (1). O. Reg. 391/21, s. 43; O. Reg. 349/22, s. 19. PART VII   Registration, Reporting, Auditing, And Record Keeping
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Blue Box Verification and Audit Procedure
 44. A person who is required to register, report or submit information under this Part shall do so in accordance with any applicable requirements in the Blue Box Verification and Audit Procedure.
Registration, producers
 45. (1) Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 20 (1). (2) A producer of blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario shall register with the Authority, through the Registry, by submitting the information required in subsection (3) within 30 days of becoming a producer. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 45 (2); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 20 (2). (3) The following information shall be submitted to the Authority, through the Registry, by producers required to register under subsection (2): 1. The name and contact information of the producer and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar. 2. The name and contact information of the person responsible for registering the producer. 3. The name, contact information and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar of any producer responsibility organizations retained by the producer, and i. a list of collection services provided by the producer responsibility organization to the producer under Part IV or V, ii. a list of management services provided by the producer responsibility organization to the producer under Part VI, iii. a list of promotion and education services provided by the producer responsibility organization to the producer under Part VIII, iv. a list of any other services provided by the producer responsibility organization to the producer, and v. whether the collection services under Part IV are expected be provided by the producer responsibility organization. 4. If the producer is operating an alternative collection system, a description of the alternative collection system, including each material category of blue box material collected in the alternative collection system. 5. If the producer is electing to register a collection system as a supplemental collection system, a description of the supplemental collection system. 6. The material categories contained in the blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario for which the person is a producer. 7., 8.  Revoked: O. Reg. 174/23, s. 6 (2). O. Reg. 391/21, s. 45 (3); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 20 (3-5); O. Reg. 174/23, s. 6. (4) Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 20 (6). (5) If there is a change to the information submitted to the Authority in this section, the producer shall submit the updated information to the Authority, through the Registry, within 30 days of the change. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 45 (5).
Registration, producer responsibility organizations
 46. (1) A producer responsibility organization shall register by submitting the information in subsection (2) to the Authority, through the Registry, no later than 30 days from the date the producer responsibility organization entered into an agreement with a producer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 21 (1). (2) The following information shall be submitted to the Authority, through the Registry, by producer responsibility organizations required to register under subsection (1): 1. The name and contact information of the producer responsibility organization and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar. 2. The name and contact information of the person responsible for registering the producer responsibility organization. 3. The name, contact information and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar to each producer who has entered into an agreement with the producer responsibility organization. 4. A list of services the producer responsibility organization has agreed to provide for each producer in respect of, i. Part IV, ii. Part V, iii. Part VI, iv. Part VIII, v. a
supplemental collection system, and vi. any other obligation in this Regulation. 5. A list of material categories of blue box material in respect of which the producer responsibility organization provides services under Part V for each producer. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 46 (2). (3) Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 21 (2). (4) If there is a change to the information submitted to the Authority in this section, the producer responsibility organization shall submit the updated information to the Authority, through the Registry, within 30 days of the change. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 46 (4). 47., 48. Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 22.
Registration, blue box processors
 49. (1) A processor shall register with the Authority, through the Registry, by submitting the information listed in subsection (2) on or before, (a) April 1, 2022, if the processor processed blue box material that was supplied to consumers in Ontario on or before January 1, 2021; or (b) January 31 of the calendar year immediately following the year in which the processor first processed blue box material that was supplied to consumers in Ontario after January 1, 2021. (2) The following information shall be submitted to the Authority, through the Registry, by processors required to register under subsection (1): 1. The name and contact information of the processor and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar. 2. The name and contact information of the person responsible for registering the processor. 3. Each material category of blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario the processor processes, the location of each site where the processor receives and processes this material and the types of recovered resources that result from the processing. 4. The name, contact information and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar of producers and producer responsibility organizations that have agreements with the processor to process blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario. (3) If there is a change to the information submitted to the Authority in this section, the processor shall submit the updated information to the Authority, through the Registry, within 15 days of the change.
Initial report, producer responsibility organizations
 50.1 (1) This section applies to a producer responsibility organization that had, as of April 1, 2022, either on its own or through agreement with another producer responsibility organization, entered into agreements with producers responsible for more than 66 per cent of the aggregate weight of blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario in 2020, including representation agreements as defined in subsection 1 (1) immediately before this section came into force, as ascertained from the reports made by producers under subparagraph 7 iii of subsection 45 (3). O. Reg. 349/22, s. 23. (2) No later than July 1, 2022, the producer responsibility organization shall submit to the Authority a report setting out the following information: 1. A description of how the producer responsibility organization intends to comply with the requirements of Part IV, including any agreements between the producer responsibility organization and other producer responsibility organizations. 2. A detailed description of how the producer responsibility organization will make collected blue box material available for processing, how it will be processed and where it expects receiving facilities will be located in Ontario. 3. A description of how the producer responsibility organization intends to comply with the requirements of Part VIII. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 23. (3) If two or more producer responsibility organizations have entered into an agreement with each other as described in subsection (1), one producer responsibility organization shall submit a single report on behalf of them for the purposes of this section. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 23. (4) The Authority shall make the report publicly available on the Registry. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 23.
Eligible communities
 54. (1) Where an eligible community is included in the Blue Box Transition Schedule, the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation shall submit the information listed in subsection (2) to the Authority, through the Registry, no later than the date specified by the Authority as posted on the Registry. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 26. (2) The following information shall be submitted to the Authority, through the Registry, by the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation required to register under subsection (1): 1. The number of residents and residences in the eligible community. 2. The municipality, local services board, First Nation or other entity that provides the WDTA blue box program and garbage collection in the eligible community. 3. The contact information of the person responsible for waste management in the eligible community. 4. The number of residences that received collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community. 5. The criteria or conditions used to determine which facilities were included in the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community on August 15, 2019. 6. The number of facilities in the eligible community that received collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program. 7. The number of blue box receptacles in a public space in the eligible community that receive collection under the WDTA blue box program. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 54 (2).
Transition
 55. (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), where an eligible community is included in the Blue Box Transition Schedule, the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation shall submit the information listed in subsection (2) to the Authority, through the Registry, on or before, (a) August 31, 2022, in the case of a local municipality, local services board area or reserve that is required to receive collection services pursuant to this Regulation in 2024; or (b) August 31, 2023, in the case of a local municipality, local services board area or reserve that is required to receive collection services pursuant to this Regulation in 2025. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 27. (1.1) The Authority may specify a later date than the one otherwise required under subsection (1) and post it on the Registry, and where the Authority has done so, the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation shall submit the information listed in subsection (2) to the Authority on or before that date. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 27. (2) The following information shall be submitted to the Authority, through the Registry, by a local municipality, local services board or First Nation required to register under subsection (1): 1. The location of residences that receive curbside garbage collection in the eligible community. 2. The location of residences that receive depot garbage collection in the eligible community. 3. The location of every garbage depot collection site in the eligible community. 4. The location of residences that receive curbside collection under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community. 5. The location of residences that receive depot collection under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community. 6. The location of facilities in the eligible community that receive collection services pursuant to the WDTA blue box program. 7. A description of a method pursuant to which additional information about the addresses of residences and facilities in the eligible community that receive collection under its garbage collection program and the WDTA blue box program can be provided. 8. The location of each blue box receptacle in a public space in the eligible community that received collection under the WDTA blue box program. 9. A list of materials that are collected under the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community. 10. The frequency at which residences in the eligible community receive collection under the WDTA blue box program. 11. The number of collection streams in the eligible community under the WDTA blue box program. 12. The location of every depot collection site in the eligible community under the WDTA blue box program. 13. The languages used for communications about the WDTA blue box program in the eligible community. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 55 (2).
Outside Transition Schedule
 56. Where an eligible community is not included in the Blue Box Transition Schedule, the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation shall submit the information described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection 54 (2) or paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 7 of subsection 55 (2) to the Authority, through the Registry, on or before the later of, (a) December 31, 2024; and (b) in the case of a reserve, 90 days after the date a First Nation registered the reserve as an eligible community under section 59.
Change
 57. If there is a change to the information submitted to the Authority through the Registry under section 54, 55 or 56, the applicable local municipality, local services board or First Nation shall submit the updated information to the Authority, through the Registry, within 30 days of the change.
Who may submit
 58. (1) For greater certainty, any information required to be submitted to the Authority through the Registry by a local municipality, local services board or First Nation may be submitted by any person acting under the authority or direction of the local municipality, local services board or First Nation, as the case may be. (2) For greater certainty, any information required to be submitted to the Authority through the Registry by a producer, other than information required to be submitted under paragraphs 1 to 6 of subsection 45 (3), may be submitted by any person acting under the authority or direction of the producer, including by a producer responsibility organization.
First Nation registering
 59. A First Nation may register a reserve to be an eligible community by submitting to the Authority, through the Registry, the contact information of the person responsible for waste management.
First Nation accepting
 60. Where a First Nation accepts an offer of collection services in accordance with subsection 31 (5), the First Nation shall register its acceptance with the Authority, through the Registry, and identify the person who made the offer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 28.
First Nation revoking
 61. Where a First Nation revokes its acceptance of an offer of collection services in accordance with subsection 31 (10), the First Nation shall revoke the registration made under section 60.
First Nation, subsequent offer
 62. Where a First Nation accepts a subsequent offer of collection services in accordance with subsection 31 (15), the First Nation shall register its acceptance with the Authority, through the Registry, and identify the person who made the offer. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 29.
Registration, facilities
 63. (1) Where a facility is not an eligible source during the transition period, a person responsible for the operation of the facility may register with the Authority, through the Registry, under this section for the facility to become an eligible source in accordance with section 4. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 63 (1). (2) Registration under this section constitutes consent by the person responsible for the operation of the facility for a producer to whom section 19 applies or a producer responsibility organization described in section 19.1 to collect blue box material in accordance with this Regulation. O. Reg. 349/22, s. 30. (3) For greater certainty, a person responsible for the operation of the facility that has registered with the Authority, through the Registry, may revoke the registration under subsection (1) at any time. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 63 (3).
Records
 65. Every producer, producer responsibility organization and processor shall keep the following records in a paper or electronic format that can be examined or accessed in Ontario for a period of five years from the date of creation, as applicable: 1. Records related to arranging, establishing or operating a collection and management system for the purpose of fulfilling responsibilities relating to blue box material. 2. Records related to information required to be submitted to the Authority through the Registry. 3. Records related to arranging, establishing or operating a promotion and education program required under this Regulation. 4. Records related to the weight of blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario for which the person is a producer. 5. Any agreements that relate to the information described in this section.