EEE collection sites
 12. (1) Every producer who establishes and operates an EEE collection site for the purposes of subsection 10 (2) or 11 (2) shall ensure that, with respect to each EEE collection site that is part of the producer’s collection system, the following requirements are satisfied: 1.  If the EEE collection site is not part of a retail location, the site must accept all ITT/AV or lighting, as the case may be, including components, parts or peripherals supplied with another product that is not ITT/AV or lighting, if those components, parts or peripherals are ITT/AV or lighting, as the case may be, regardless of how the EEE or the components, parts or peripherals were supplied. 2.  If the EEE collection site is part of a retail location, the site must accept, at a minimum, all ITT/AV or lighting, as the case may be, that fall into the same category and are similar in size and function to the ITT/AV or lighting supplied by the producer at that location. 3.  The EEE collection site must be readily accessible to the public and must be operated and accept ITT/AV or lighting, as the case may be, during normal business hours throughout the performance period. 4.  If the EEE collection site collects ITT/AV, it must accept, at a minimum, up to 50 kilograms of ITT/AV per day from any person. 5.  If the EEE collection site collects lighting, it must accept, at a minimum, up to five kilograms of lighting per day from any person. 6.  If an EEE collection site is not part of a retail location and accepts more than the minimum amount of ITT/AV or lighting set out in paragraph 4 or 5 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 EEE accepted. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (1). (2) For greater certainty, an EEE 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 10 and 11. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (2). (3) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may reduce the number of EEE collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 10 (2) or 11 (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 EEE, at least four times during the applicable performance period; and (b)  to which the producer distributes adequate containers, where appropriate, for the collection of the EEE, at no charge. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (3). (4) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may reduce the number of EEE collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 10 (2) or 11 (2), as the case may be, by the percentage of ITT/AV or lighting that the producer supplied in Ontario in the previous calendar year that was subject to a collection program operated by or on behalf of the producer that, (a)  allowed the consumer to return the EEE, at no charge, in a manner that was, at a minimum, equivalent to the manner in which the EEE was supplied; and (b)  provided the consumer, at no charge, with the packaging or shipping materials required to return the EEE. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (4). (5) Subject to subsection (6), a producer may replace a portion of EEE collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate in a local municipality or territorial district under subsection 10 (2) or 11 (2), as the case may be, with public EEE collection events in accordance with the following rules: 1.  A producer may replace up to 25 per cent of the total number of EEE 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 EEE collection events. 2.  A public EEE 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 ITT/AV or lighting, as the case may be. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (5). (6) Despite subsections (3), (4) and (5), the number of EEE collection sites the producer is required to establish and operate shall not be reduced below one EEE collection site or one public EEE 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 EEE at a retail location in the previous calendar year. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (6). (7) Subject to subsection (9), with respect to an EEE 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 four tonnes of ITT/AV or more than 300 kilograms of lighting, (a)  the operator may notify a large producer of EEE that falls into the same category collected at the site; and (b)  the producer referred to in clause (a) shall collect all of the EEE of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (7); O. Reg. 554/22, s. 6 (1). (8) Subject to subsection (9), with respect to an EEE collection site located on a reserve, as defined in the Indian Act (Canada), if the operator of the site collects more than four tonnes of ITT/AV or more than 300 kilograms of lighting, (a)  the operator may notify a large producer of EEE that falls into the same category collected at the site; and (b)  the producer referred to in clause (a) shall collect all of the EEE of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (8); O. Reg. 554/22, s. 6 (2). (9) Subsections (7) and (8) do not apply to an EEE collection site that is located in the Far North, as defined under the Far North Act, 2010. O. Reg. 522/20, s. 12 (9). Part Iv   management of EEE — ITT/AV and LIghting