Product Care Recycling

Product Care Recycling works to protect the environment by providing free recycling locations for consumers to bring products like paint, household hazardous waste, lights and alarms.We divert these post-consumer products from Canada’s landfills and waterways, ensuring they are managed responsibly at their end-of-life.

We are a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization, and provide recycling services across nine Canadian provinces. Product Care encourages individuals and businesses to reduce their waste and reuse when possible, and we provide recycling solutions for post-consumer products.

History :

In 1994, the province of British Columbia introduced Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations for paint, obligating paint producers (retailers, manufacturers, etc.) to develop recycling processes for their end-of-life products. The regulations were stringent and comprehensive, requiring producers to create collection networks, product transportation systems, processing standards, reporting and auditing practices, public awareness and education strategies, and more.