Ontario tire producers face higher management targets, new Northern Ontario collection quotas, and stricter site-substitution rules

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Tire producers and producer responsibility organizations (PROs) in Ontario face several major changes to how they must collect and manage used tires. The management target—the share of a producer's average supply weight that must be reused, retreaded, or processed—rises to a flat 80% (up from a sliding scale of 65–70%). Large producers must also establish 2,200 additional tire collection sites province-wide, with at least 220 of those located in a newly defined Northern Ontario region covering 10 districts. Producers can no longer freely swap out reported collection sites: substitutions are only permitted when a site is closing or its owner withdraws. PROs must now report all planned collection sites and public events to the Authority by January 1 each year and update that list within 15 days of any change. PROs are also required to disclose detailed cost and methodology information in their annual reports, and that cost data is shielded from public posting on the Registry.

Who this affects
tire producers · producer responsibility organizations · tire haulers, processors and retreaders · consumers in Northern Ontario