The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority’s 2020 annual report

ERO number
019-3702
Notice type
Bulletin
Act
Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
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The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority released its 2020 annual report, providing a summary of its oversight activities and audited financial statements.

Why consultation isn't required

This notice is to advise that the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority's (RPRA) 2020 annual report has been posted on its website and tabled before the Legislative Assembly.

Public consultation is not required under the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993(EBR) because we are not making a decision and RPRA, a non-Crown and not for profit corporation, is not prescribed under the EBR.

Section 6.1 (h) of the Transitional Operating Agreement between the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and RPRA requires the Minister to post RPRA's annual report on the environmental registry for public information.

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The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) released its 2020 annual report, providing a summary of its:

  • oversight activities
  • audited financial statements

RPRA is a non-Crown and not-for-profit corporation established under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA).

Under the RRCEA, RPRA provides oversight and is responsible for:

  • developing and operating a registry for producers responsible for materials under the RRCEA
  • undertaking compliance actions to enforce the requirements set out in the RRCEA and associated regulations

RPRA is also responsible for oversight, compliance and enforcement of existing waste diversion programs and their transition to producer responsibility pursuant to Section 14 of the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016 (WDTA).

In 2019, RPRA’s statutory mandate was changed to include operating digital reporting services for a wider range of waste and resource recovery programs, starting with the Hazardous Waste Program for industrial hazardous waste and Excess Soil.

The RRCEA includes governance, accountability and transparency measures to help ensure that RPRA operates effectively and assists government oversight. A key accountability measure is the requirement that RPRA develop an annual report detailing its activities under the RRCEA and the WDTA from the previous fiscal year and provide its audited financial statements.

RPRA is required to:

  • develop its annual report in accordance with section 44 of the RRCEA, section 6 of the WDTA and the Transitional Operating Agreement between the Minister and RPRA
  • provide a copy of the annual report to the Minister and to make the report available to the public on RPRA's website by June 1st of each year

You can visit the RPRA website to view previous versions of their annual report:

We are posting this information notice to inform the public of the Authority's 2020 annual report. We are not making a decision on this matter.

Any questions or comments relating to the annual report should be provided directly to the Authority.

The Authority’s Contact Information

Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority
4711 Yonge Street, Suite 408
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6K8
Telephone: (416) 226-5113
Toll free: (888) 936-5113
Fax: (416) 226-1368
Email: info@rpra.ca
Website: http://www.rpra.ca/

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