Annual report, producers
 51. (1) A producer shall submit an annual report to the Authority, through the Registry, that contains the following information: 1. The weight of the blue box material in each material category supplied to consumers in Ontario in the previous calendar year for which the person was a producer. 2. For each material category other than the beverage container material category, the sum of the following weights of blue box material that were included in the weight required to be reported under paragraph 1: i. Subject to subsection (1.1), the weight that was collected from a business or an institution, including an office, a store, a shopping mall, a restaurant, a hotel, a hospital, a community centre, a place of worship, a recreation facility, a sports venue, an entertainment venue, a university, a college, a manufacturing facility, a golf course, a cemetery and an amusement park. ii. The weight that was collected from a residence or facility at the time a related product was installed or delivered. 3. The weight of blue box material in each material category reported in paragraph 1 minus the weight of blue box material in that material category reported in paragraph 2. 4. If the producer is required to report information under paragraph 1, 2, or 3 about blue box material in the certified compostable products and packaging material category, the weight of blue box material in that material category certified under each applicable international, national or industry standard. 5. A description of the actions taken by the producer in the previous calendar year to satisfy the producer’s requirements under Part IV, Part V, Part VI and Part VIII. 6. A description of the actions taken by producer responsibility organizations, with whom the producer had an agreement in the previous calendar year, to satisfy the producer and producer responsibility organizations’ requirements in Part IV, Part V, Part VI and Part VIII. 7.  Revoked: O. Reg. 349/22, s. 24 (2). 8. If the producer fulfilled any requirements under Part V without entering into an agreement with a producer responsibility organization, the following information in respect of those requirements, as applicable: i. The weight of blue box material by material category collected by the producer. ii. The location and business hours of all collection sites in the alternative collection system. iii. A description of all methods of collection in the alternative collection system. 9. If the producer fulfilled any requirements under Part VI without entering into an agreement with a producer responsibility organization, the following information in respect of those requirements, as applicable: i. A list of every processor that the producer retained to process blue box material supplied to consumers in Ontario. ii. Any unique identifier assigned by the Registrar to each processor referred to in subparagraph i. 10. The producer’s management requirement for each material category calculated in accordance with section 40, the total weight of recovered resources it accounted for in respect of its management requirement in each material category and whether it met or exceeded its management requirement for each material category. 11. The following amounts related to recovered resources, reported in the name of the producer, by a processor under clause 43 (a), a processor under subclause 43 (b) (i) or a producer responsibility organization under subclause 43 (b) (ii), with amounts related to recovered resources reported by each processor or producer responsibility organization and under each provision reported separately: i. The weight of recovered resources the producer accounted for, and reported on, for its 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. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 51 (1); O. Reg. 349/22, s. 24; O. Reg. 174/23, s. 8 (1). (1.1) The weight mentioned in subparagraph 2 i of subsection (1) shall not include the weight of any of the following blue box material: 1. Material collected under an alternative collection system registered in accordance with Part V. 2. Material collected under a supplemental collection system. 3. Material that is generated at a facility as described in subsection 27 (2). 4. Material that is collected from a residence through a curbside or depot collection service. 5. Material that is collected from a public space. O. Reg. 174/23, s. 8 (2). (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. 51 (2); O. Reg. 174/23, s. 8 (3). (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. 51 (3). (4) For greater certainty, a producer is not required to submit an annual report under subsection (1) in the first calendar year in which it is a producer. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 51 (4). (5) Despite subsection (1), a producer that is required to submit an annual report in accordance with subsection (1) in respect of the certified compostable products and packaging material category shall only include the information in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of subsection (1) in the annual report in respect of the certified compostable products and packaging material category. O. Reg. 391/21, s. 51 (5).