Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (O. Reg. 393/04)

Waste Diversion Act, 2002 Loi de 2002 sur le réacheminement des déchets ONTARIO REGULATION 393/04 WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Consolidation Period: From August 25, 2009 to the e-Laws currency date. Last amendment: O. Reg. 320/09. This Regulation is made in English only. Interpretation 1. In this Regulation, “waste electrical and electronic equipment” means a device that is waste, that required an electric current to operate and that is, (a) a household appliance, whether used inside or outside a home, including any device listed in Schedule 1, (b) information technology equipment, including any device listed in Schedule 2, (c) telecommunications equipment, including any device listed in Schedule 3, (d) audio-visual equipment, including any device listed in Schedule 4, (e) a toy, leisure equipment or sports equipment, including any device listed in Schedule 5, (f) an electrical or electronic tool, including any device listed in Schedule 6, but not including a large-scale stationary industrial tool, or (g) a navigational, measuring, monitoring, medical or control instrument, including any device listed in Schedule 7, but not including any implanted or infected medical instrument. O. Reg. 393/04, s. 1. Designation 2. Waste electrical and electronic equipment is prescribed as a designated waste for the purposes of the Act. O. Reg. 393/04, s. 2. Industry funding organization 3. Ontario Electronic Stewardship is continued and is designated as the industry funding organization for the waste diversion program for waste electrical and electronic equipment approved by the Minister under section 26 of the Act. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1. Composition 4. (1) Ontario Electronic Stewardship is composed of the members of its board of directors who shall be appointed in accordance with section 5. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1. (2) Despite subsection (1), the members of the board of directors who hold office immediately before Ontario Regulation 320/09 made under the Act comes into force are deemed to have been appointed to the board in accordance with this Regulation and shall continue to hold office until notice that all members have been appointed under section 5 is published on Ontario Electronic Stewardship’s website. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1; O. Reg. 320/09, s. 1. Appointed members 5. (1) The board of directors shall be composed of the following members: 1. Four members appointed by Electronics Product Stewardship Canada. 2. Three members appointed by Retail Council of Canada. 3. One member appointed jointly by Electronics Product Stewardship Canada and Retail Council of Canada. 4. One or two members appointed by the members appointed under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, if the majority of the members appointed under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 choose to make such an appointment. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1; O. Reg. 320/09, s. 2. (2) If an appointment is not made under paragraph 3 of subsection (1), the chief executive officer of Ontario Electronic Stewardship may appoint an individual as a member of the board of directors. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1. (3) A member appointed under subsection (2) shall hold office until the appointment is made under subsection (1). O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1. 6. REVOKED: O. Reg. 320/09, s. 3. Qualification 7. (1) An individual may be appointed as a member of the board of directors under section 5 only if he or she, (a) is a director, officer or employee of, (i) a corporation that supplies a product from which waste electrical and electronic equipment is derived, or (ii) an organization or industry association representing a corporation mentioned in subclause (i); (b) is a resident of Canada; and (c) is at least 18 years of age. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1; O. Reg. 320/09, s. 4 (1, 2). (2) Despite subsection (1), an individual shall not be appointed as a member of the board of directors if he or she is a bankrupt or has been found by a court to be mentally incapable of managing property. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1; O. Reg. 320/09, s. 4 (3). Application of Corporations Act 8. Sections 59 and 80 and subsections 283 (4) and (5) of the Corporations Act apply, with necessary modifications, to Ontario Electronic Stewardship. O. Reg. 245/08, s. 1. SCHEDULE 1 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES 1. Air purifier 2. Air conditioner 3. Answering machine 4. Barbeque starter 5. Blender 6. Bottle or can dispenser 7. Can opener 8. Carpet sweeper 9. Clock 10. Clothes dryer 11. Clothes washer 12. Coffee grinder 13. Coffee maker 14. Curling iron 15. Dehumidifier 16. Dishwashing machine 17. Electric hot plate 18. Fan 19. Food processor 20. Freezer 21. Fryer 22. Glue gun 23. Hair dryer 24. Heat gun 25. Heater 26. Hot drink dispenser 27. Humidifier 28. Iron 29. Kettle 30. Knitting machine 31. Microwave oven 32. Mixer 33. Radiator 34. Razor 35. Refrigerator 36. Scissors 37. Sewing machine 38. Slicing machine 39. Solid product dispenser 40. Stove 41. Toaster 42. Toaster oven 43. Toothbrush 44. Vacuum cleaner 45. Vacuum sealer 46. Watch 47. Water purifier 48. Weaving machine 49. Weigh scale O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 1. SCHEDULE 2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT 1. Analog computer 2. Automatic teller machine (ATM) 3. Bar code scanner 4. Calculator 5. CD-ROM drive 6. Computer disk drive 7. Computer keyboard 8. Computer mouse 9. Computer terminal 10. Copier 11. Joystick 12. Mainframe computer 13. Microcomputer 14. Minicomputer 15. Monitor (CRT) 16. Monitor (LCD) 17. Monitor (Plasma) 18. Personal computer (Desktop) 19. Personal computer (Handheld) 20. Personal computer (Laptop) 21. Personal computer (Notebook) 22. Personal computer (Notepad) 23. Personal digital assistant (PDA) 24. Point-of-sale (POS) terminal 25. Printer 26. Computer router 27. Computer flatbed scanner 28. Typewriter O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 2. SCHEDULE 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 1. Antenna, transmitting or receiving 2. Broadcast equipment (including studio), for radio or television 3. Cable television transmitting or receiving equipment 4. Citizens’ band (CB) radio 5. Closed circuit television equipment 6. Fax machine 7. Global positioning system (GPS) 8. Infrared wireless device 9. Intercom system 10. Local area network (LAN) communication equipment 11. Modem 12. Pager 13. PBX (private branch exchange) 14. Satellite television transmitting or receiving equipment 15. Switching equipment 16. Telephone (Cellular) 17. Telephone (Cordless) 18. Telephone (Wire line) 19. Telephone answering machine 20. Telephone carrier line equipment 21. Telephone carrier switching equipment 22. Telex machine 23. Traffic signal 24. Wide area network communications equipment O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 3. SCHEDULE 4 AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT 1. Amplifier 2. Audio player (tape, disk, digital) 3. Audio recorder (tape, disk, digital) 4. Camera (film, tape, disk, digital) 5. Equalizer 6. Headphone 7. Microphone 8. Mixing board 9. Musical instrument 10. Preamplifier 11. Public address system 12. Radio 13. Receiver 14. Speaker 15. Television (CRT) 16. Television (LCD) 17. Television (Plasma) 18. Television (Rear projection) 19. Tuner 20. Turntable 21. Video player or projector (tape, disk, digital) 22. Video recorder (tape, disk, digital) O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 4. SCHEDULE 5 TOYS, LEISURE EQUIPMENT AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT 1. Action figure and accessories 2. Arts, crafts or hobby device 3. Building set 4. Doll 5. Game or puzzle 6. Infant or preschool toy 7. Learning or exploration toy 8. Outdoor or sports toy 9. Plush toy 10. Vehicle 11. Video game and accessories O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 5. SCHEDULE 6 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TOOLS 1. Bender 2. Blower 3. Cutter 4. Disperser 5. Drill 6. Fastener 7. Folder 8. Grinder 9. Hammer 10. Joiner 11. Lathe 12. Lawn mower 13. Mill 14. Nail gun 15. Nibbler 16. Planer 17. Polisher 18. Punch 19. Riveter 20. Router 21. Sander 22. Saw 23. Screwdriver 24. Shear 25. Soldering gun 26. Sprayer 27. Spreader 28. Staple gun 29. Trimmer 30. Vacuum 31. Welder 32. Wrench O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 6. SCHEDULE 7 NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, MONITORING, MEDICAL OR CONTROL INSTRUMENTS 1. Alarm system 2. Analyzer 3. Automatic environmental controller or regulator 4. Cardiology equipment 5. Dialysis equipment 6. Drafting instrument 7. Fertilization tester 8. Fire detection and alarm system 9. Freezer 10. Hearing aid 11. Heating regulator 12. Humidistat 13. Instrument for industrial process control 14. Irradiation equipment 15. Laboratory analytical instrument 16. Laboratory equipment for in-vitro diagnosis 17. Medical equipment, ultrasonic 18. Medical radiation therapy equipment 19. Meteorological instrument 20. Meter 21. Nuclear medicine equipment 22. Oscilloscope 23. Process controller 24. Pulmonary ventilator 25. Radiation detection or monitoring instrument 26. Radiotherapy equipment 27. Refractometer 28. Scanner (CT/CAT) 29. Scanner (MRI) 30. Scanner (PET) 31. Smoke detector 32. Soil testing or analysis instrument 33. Surgical support system 34. Surveying instrument 35. Temperature instrument 36. Thermostat O. Reg. 393/04, Sched. 7.