Reporting Hub
The Reporting Hub assists and guides producers in collecting and accurately reporting their material data. Users can browse the sector and product lists or do a general search for information. Please note the Reporting Hub is for guidance only and should not be considered exhaustive.
Sector tips address frequent reporting questions for various business sectors, including identifying common products for each sector.
Product information includes common packaging types and their material reporting categories.
FAQs include tips and answers to frequent questions about reporting.
Also see the Materials Tool for help determining which material category should be used to report your packaging and paper.
- Product Information
- Alcoholic Beverage Containers
- Automotive and Vehicle Packaging and Paper
- Baking Products and Spices
- Bath
- Bedding
- Bottled and Jarred Food
- Bread
- Candy
- Canned Food
- Cigarette, Cigar and Loose Leaf Tobacco
- Clothing and Accessories
- Coffee and Tea
- Dairy Beverages
- Dairy Products (Non-Beverage)
- Dining, Kitchen, Outdoor, and Home Decor
- Dry Goods
- E-Commerce Materials
- Eggs
- Envelopes, Labels and Boxes
- Frozen Food
- Fruit and Vegetable Packaging
- Furniture, Appliances and Large Electronics
- Gift Giving, Cards and Party
- Household Cleaning Products
- Ice Cream
- Jewellery
- Liquid Goods (non-beverage in aseptic containers)
- Magazines and Catalogues
- Makeup
- Meat
- Newspapers
- Non-Dairy Beverages
- Office Supplies
- Packaging Related to Serving Food
- Personal Care
- Pet Accessories and Litter
- Pet Food
- Phones and Phone Accessories
- Plants
- Promotional Mail, Calendars and Pamphlets
- School Related Packaging and Paper
- Service Packaging
- Shoe and Hat Packaging
- Snacks
- Statements, Bills and Contracts
- Syrups
- Tags and Stickers
- Toys, Games and Kid's Activities
- Travel and Transit
- Video Games and Small Electronics
- Sector Tips
- Apparel and Accessories
- Automotive and Vehicle Manufacturers
- Confectionery
- Dairy Products, Milk and Milk Substitute Beverages
- Department Stores
- Furniture, Appliances and Electronics
- Government, Government Agencies and Crown Corporations
- Grocery Retailers
- Horticulture and Agriculture
- Newspaper and Magazine Publishers
- Non-Dairy Beverages
- Packaged Foods
- Packaged Perishable Foods (Produce, Eggs and Meat)
- Personal Care and Household Products
- Pet Products
- Restaurants, Quick Service Restaurants and Theatres
- Small Household Goods (Bedding, Bath and Kitchen)
- Stationery, Paper Products and Office Supplies
- Telecommunications, Communications Services and Financial Institutions
- Tobacco Industry
- Toys
- Universities and Colleges
- FAQ
- Am I able to deduct bags returned to retail?
- Am I able to exclude or deduct magazines that are intended to be kept for a long time?
- Am I obligated to report samples distributed with my magazine, such as lotion or perfume?
- Am I required to include business cards in my steward report?
- Are lottery tickets and scratch cards designated?
- At my quick service restaurant, some customers consume their meals on site, and others take home. How do I report this?
- A business partner requires I become a Voluntary Steward, but I am not eligible. What do I do?
- Can affiliated companies report separately or do all affiliates / subsidiaries need to file under one steward report?
- Do I have to report receipts customers don’t take?
- Do I need to report boardgame boxes?
- Do I need to report free promotional material distributed to consumers?
- Do I need to report HR documents distributed to my employees?
- Do I need to report PPP associated with promotional items branded by another company that I supply to consumers?
- Do I need to report reusable bags I provide to customers at the point of sale?
- Do I need to report transportation packaging?
- Do I report all plant pots supplied to consumers even though some of them are kept by consumers and never thrown away?
- Do I report grouped or secondary packaging?
- Do I report instruction manuals and product warranty information?
- How do I report calendars?
- How do I report confectionery products where some PPP is disposed of outside the residential waste stream?
- How do I report envelopes?
- How do I report magazines?
- How do I report newspapers?
- How do I report packaging removed from a consumer’s home and managed outside the residential waste stream?
- How do I report PPP associated with product returns?
- How do I report products that are sometimes consumed on site and sometimes consumed at home?
- How do I report when I supply the same product to both commercial and residential consumers?
- How do I use the Component Threshold Rule?
- How do I use the Steward List?
- I am a CBCRA member in Manitoba, where do I report beverage containers?
- I am a distributor, and I would like to become a voluntary steward. Am I eligible?
- I am a quick service restaurant/theatre in British Columbia. We provide straws, stir sticks, take-out food containers and drink cups to consumers. Am I required to report and pay fees on these products?
- I am a Recycle BC steward and manufacture plastic food storage bags, plastic wrap, and non-durable plastic food containers for distribution to consumers in British Columbia. Are these products designated under the BC Recycling Regulation?
- I am a retailer and provide bags to consumers for the purchase of produce, bakery and bulk products. These bags are not branded. Who is responsible?
- I am a retailer in British Columbia that sells party décor such as paper streamers, party hats and banners as well as packaged paper cups, plates, utensils, and tablecloths. Am I required to report these products to Recycle BC as Packaging-Like Products?
- I am a small business in British Columbia. Am I required to register and report?
- I am a small business in Manitoba. Am I required to register and report?
- I am a small business in Ontario. Am I required to register and report?
- I am a small business in Saskatchewan. Am I required to register and report?
- I am in Ontario and I use the University and College calculator. Does this mean that I do not need to report any other categories other than the three listed?
- I don’t have a system in place to track receipts. How can I gather this data?
- I have a licensing agreement where another company manufactures my private label products. Who is obligated to report the PPP associated with my private label products?
- I purchase non-branded bags from a wholesaler and provide them to consumers at point of sale. I am not putting my brand name on the bags but the packaging manufacturer’s name is on the bottom of the bag. Who is obligated to report this?
- I sell seasonal items. How do I report that material?
- I ship to a distribution centre and I don’t know the final destination of my product. What do I do?
- I supply decorative notebooks and daily planners bound in leather, plastic or metal in BC and SK. Am I obligated for all components?
- My plastic film does not fall under LDPE/HDPE film or PLA, PHA, PHB plastic film. Where should I report it?
- Should I report the caps for my milk containers under Milk and Milk Substitutes or Non-Beverage?
- What are Single-Use Products and Packaging-Like Products (SUP/PLP)?
- Who is responsible for reporting Service Packaging in BC?
- Why are some materials designated in some provinces but not in others?
- Why are stewards required to update the Methodology section on an annual basis?
- Why do I need to report packaging materials that are not currently collected in the recycling system?
- Why should I include transit transfers in my report when people normally dispose of them on the street?