Recovering resources from the Blue Box materials supplied to consumers in Ontario.
Only materials that were re-marketed for use in new products or packaging (i.e., recycled) or for re-use in their original function can be counted towards recovery, unless used for aggregate (up to a maximum of 15% of the producer’s management requirement for any material category) or to support soil health or crop growth (e.g. from composting paper in combination with organic materials).
Materials used as fuel or directed to energy-from-waste, incineration or landfilling, cannot be counted towards management targets.
Materials must be counted towards a recovery target only once.
Recovery of materials from one category cannot be attributed to another category.
Recovered materials must be processed by a processor that is registered with RPRA. Recovered resources must be processed within three months of collection.