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Ontario Batteries Regulation Glossary

Ontario battery EPR definitions covering producer responsibility organizations, battery collection sites, haulers, processors, refurbishers, and management requirements.

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High-level summary

Ontario battery EPR definitions covering producer responsibility organizations, battery collection sites, haulers, processors, refurbishers, and management requirements.

This source adds a province-level battery producer-responsibility vocabulary. It is especially useful for distinguishing the organization retained by a producer from the collection, hauling, processing, refurbishment, and obligation-quantity records that support the same workflow.

Who it affects

  • Battery producers and producer responsibility organizations working under Ontario battery EPR rules
  • Collection sites, haulers, processors, and refurbishers in Ontario battery recovery workflows
  • Compliance and traceability teams comparing Ontario terminology with UK, EU, India, and Brazil battery end-of-life sources

Key defined terms

A short curated set of terms to help readers orient themselves before moving into the full regulation-specific glossary.

battery

A source-specific umbrella term for electrochemical energy-storage devices, with separate EU, UK, India, Brazil, and Ontario source layers.

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recycled content

Working definition for recycled-material share in batteries, products, and permanent magnets, anchored in EU Battery Regulation, Ontario battery, and CRMA source context.

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producer

A source-specific actor term for the entity a regulation treats as responsible for placing, supplying, selling, or managing batteries or products.

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battery collection site

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a site where used consumer batteries are collected for resource recovery.

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battery hauler

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a person arranging transport of used consumer batteries destined for processing, reuse, refurbishing, or disposal.

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battery processor

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a person who processes used consumer batteries for resource recovery.

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battery refurbisher

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a person who prepares or refurbishes used consumer batteries for reuse.

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management requirement

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for the minimum amount of batteries a producer is required to manage under section 13.

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producer responsibility organization

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a person retained by a producer to carry out specified battery producer responsibilities.

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rechargeable battery

A source-specific battery category for batteries designed or able to be recharged and used more than once.

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primary battery

An Ontario Batteries Regulation term for a battery that can be used only once.

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