Ontario’s tire recycling regulator is collecting information from businesses that store waste tires.
The Ontario Tire Dealers Association has been asked to circulate an important information request from the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority. The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority collection site information form asks businesses to report “approximately how many waste tires are currently stored at your site,” when the site was last serviced for tire pickup and whether the site is still accepting used tires for drop-off.
It also asks whether a site's respondent knows “under which PRO system your tires have been, or are currently being, collected.”
The form points to the role of producer responsibility organizations, which are retained by tire producers to help meet collection and management obligations under Ontario’s Tires Regulation. “PROs must continue to operate a public collection system in accordance with the number of sites required under the Tires Regulation even after their producer’s minimum management requirements are met,” the form states.
It also states the regulation requires “approximately 4,300 tire collection sites” to be established and operated in Ontario and asks whether sites have stopped accepting used tires for drop-off, whether they are limiting the number of tires accepted and whether they are charging a fee for used tire drop-off.
One question asks whether a site is “accepting tires only from customers [or] accepting less than ten used tires from any person each day.”
Ontario’s Tires Regulation requires producers to operate tire collection programs at no charge. Collection sites that are part of a producer’s system must accept tires during normal business hours and accept tires still attached to rims.
For non-municipal collection sites, RPRA guidance states sites must accept up to 10 passenger and light truck tires per day from any person.
RPRA guidance states tire collection site operators and haulers facing challenges getting tires picked up or processed should contact its Compliance and Registry Team.
The form follows regulatory changes that removed annual registration and reporting requirements for tire collectors. RPRA’s March 2025 guidance states tire collectors must still retain records for five years, while the regulator retains the ability to inspect collectors and request information.
Ontario is also consulting on proposed changes to the Tires Regulation. The proposed amendments include expanding the existing call-in collection requirement and adding a requirement that collected tires be managed within three months of pickup.
Completed forms should be submitted directly to: [email protected].
