Annual report, producer responsibility organizations
 52. (1) A producer responsibility organization shall submit an annual report to the Authority, through the Registry, that contains the following information: 1. A description of the collection services arranged, established or operated on behalf of each producer that retained the producer responsibility organization, including the following information: i. The name and contact information of the producer and any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar. ii. If the producer responsibility organization entered into an agreement with the producer to provide collection services pursuant to Part IV, the following information: A. The weight of blue box material collected by the producer responsibility organization in accordance with the agreement. B. In respect of collection services provided for public spaces, the number of blue box receptacles provided by the producer responsibility organization in each eligible community. C.  Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 25. iii. If the producer responsibility organization entered into an agreement with the producer to provide collection services in in respect of Part V, the following information: A. The weight of blue box material by material category collected by the producer responsibility organization in the alternative collection system. B. The location and business hours of all collection sites in the alternative collection system, if any. C. A description of all methods of collection in the alternative collection system. iv. If the producer responsibility organization entered into an agreement with the producer to establish and operate a supplemental collection system, a description of the supplemental collection system. 2. A description of the management services arranged, established or operated on behalf of each producer that retained the producer responsibility organization, including, i. a list of every processor that the producer responsibility organization retained to process blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario, and ii. any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar to each processor referred to in subparagraph i. 3. The following weights related to recovered resources a processor reported in the name of the producer responsibility organization under subclause 43 (b) (ii): i. The weight of recovered resources producers could account for, and report on, for their management requirement in each material category. ii. The weight of recovered resources reported under subparagraph i that was, A. marketed for re-use for their original purpose or function in accordance with subparagraph 1 i of subsection 41 (2), and B. marketed for use in new products or packaging in accordance with subparagraph 1 ii of subsection 41 (2). iii. The weight of materials that would be recovered resources that could be reported under subparagraph i except that they were, A. used in a product that is land cover, unless the land cover is, 1. 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 2. a
product that supports soil health or crop growth that is created through the combination of the recovered resources with organic matter, and the recovered resources used for the product are recovered from paper, B. used in a product that is fuel or a fuel supplement, C. supplied to an incinerator for use in incineration, or D. landfilled or land disposed by a processor. iv. The weight of each amount reported under subparagraphs i, ii and iii that was recovered from blue box material collected under Part IV and Part V. v. The weight of each amount reported under subparagraphs i and ii that was recovered from blue box material collected pursuant to a supplemental collection system. 4. The amount of every weight reported under paragraph 3 that the producer responsibility organization then reported in the name of a producer under subclause 43 (b) (ii), with the amounts reported in the name of each producer reported separately. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (1); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 25; O. Reg. 174/23, s. 9 (1). (2) The annual report required by subsection (1) shall be submitted on or before May 31 of each year, beginning in 2024. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (2); O. Reg. 174/23, s. 9 (2). (3) The information required to be submitted in subsection (1) is in respect of the calendar year prior to the year the report is required to be submitted. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (3). (4) For greater certainty, a producer responsibility organization is not required to submit an annual report under subsection (1) in the first calendar year in which it is a producer responsibility organization. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (4). (5) Despite subsection (1), a producer responsibility organization is not required to provide any information in respect of the certified compostable products and packaging material category. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (5). (6) For greater clarity, all of the information in subsection (1) shall be reported separately for each producer. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 52 (6).