Program Information
Program Information
On June 1, 2022, the Government of Québec adopted the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of products by enterprises to designate new products under extended producer responsibility framework, including non-refillable and refillable pressurized fuel containers.
Accordingly, obligated producers of these products (s. 53.0.17) are required, no later than June 30, 2024, to either:
- Implement a recovery and reclamation program (EPR program), or
- Join/appoint a Recyc-Québec recognized stewardship organization, such as Product Care, to develop and implement an EPR program on the producers’ behalf.
Should you register with Product Care, your obligation to notify Recyc-Qc of your intent to comply with the regulation will be automatically transmitted on your behalf, as this requirement in integrated into Product Care’s registration process.
Definition of obligated Producers
- Any producer, being a brand owner or brand user, domiciled or has an establishment in Quebec,
- Any first supplier of the product in Quebec.
- Any brand owner or first supplier, not having an establishment in Quebec, from which a product can be acquired, from outside the province of Quebec, by a person/business for own use.
- Any enterprise operating transactional websites (online sales)
Obligated Products
Containers used to hold liquids or gases under pressure that are to be used as fuel, such as propane, butane, isobutane or propylene, except lighters and fire starters.
- Non-refillable pressurized fuel containers,
- Refillable pressurized fuel containers marketed in a territory referred to in section 17
Product Care intends to develop and submit a stewardship plan solely for non-refillable pressurized fuel containers. The Environmental Handling Fees (EHF) were announced March 28, 2024 and can be found on Product Care’s website here.
How to join Product Care’s Quebec non-refillable Pressurized Fuel Container program?
If you are an obligated producers of non-refillable pressurized fuel containers and wish to become a member of Product Care’s Quebec program, you must register through PCA Registration & Reporting Portal.
If you have any questions regarding the regulation in Quebec, or whether your company is obligated, you can contact the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) at RRVPE@environnement.gouv.qc.ca.
If you have any questions about how to comply with the regulation, you can contact RECYC-QUÉBEC at REP@recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca.
Should you require any assistance, please contact us by mail at quebec@productcare.org