Saskatchewan will transition to a full EPR program for packaging and paper products on December 1, 2024. The program will be implemented in 3 phases starting with large urban communities and incrementally expanding until December 1, 2027, when all collectors should have transitioned.
The new regulation aligns the definition of a producer with most other provinces, extending it to include all Canadian residents above a certain revenue threshold. In the same vein, it modifies its de minimis exemption revenue and/or volume thresholds as well as abandons the single point of retail exemption.
In terms of the material scope, on the one hand, it extends it to include all residential packaging, paper products, and packaging-like products. On the other hand, it removes aerosol containers.
The regular reporting schedule will fall on May 31 of each year, with the invoice for that year being issued in January of the next year.
However, all new producers will have to register and report their 2024 and 2025 data to the PRO within 60 days of the start of the obligations.
Timeline
December 1 2024 PPP EPR system fully enforced
March 3 2025 New producer registration deadline
March 3 2025 New producer 2024 report (2023 data) deadline
May 31 2026 2025 (2024 data) report deadline
Published November 12, 2024
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