This page presents data about Blue Box material recycling in Ontario, including the weight of Blue Box materials supplied and recycled year-⁠over-⁠year.

Ontario’s recycling laws require businesses to report this data to RPRA, as the regulator responsible for enforcing these laws. The reporting of this information helps ensure Blue Box materials are properly collected and recycled—and that valuable resources, like glass, metal, paper and plastic, are kept out of landfill.

RPRA updates this page annually. The data reflects what was reported as of January 30, 2026, and is subject to change.

Businesses that supply Blue Box materials in Ontario must report the weight they supply into the province each year. The Blue Box materials that make up the packaging and products you buy—like flexible plastic used in water bottles or metal used in cans of soup—are a part of the total amount businesses supplied into the province.

Note: 2020 is the first year of Blue Box material supply data that was required to be reported.

When you throw used Blue Box materials like a water bottle or can of soup into your Blue Box at home, they’re collected and sent to recycling facilities.

The businesses that run the collection system for Blue Box materials in Ontario must report the weight of materials they collect each year.

Note: 2023 is the first year of Blue Box material collection data that was required to be reported.

Once transported to the recycling facilities, your used Blue Box materials are sorted and processed or broken down into different materials. From there, valuable resources like glass, metal, paper and plastic, are recovered and used in new products.

The businesses that supply Blue Box materials in Ontario are required to collect and recycle them once consumers are finished with them and report the weight of Blue Box materials they recycle each year starting in 2027. Recycling data will be added to this page at that time.

For more data about Blue Box material recycling in Ontario, visit rpra.ca