The Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation for the Yukon was published on January 25, 2024. Circular Materials will act as a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to support producers in meeting their regulatory requirements in the Yukon, including submitting a stewardship plan. Producers will be notified when registration for the Yukon is open.

To be exempt under the Regulation, you must be a small producer who:

1. is a registered charity, or
2. had a gross revenue in the Yukon in the most recently completed year of less than $1,000,000, or
3. imported into or supplied in the Yukon in the most recently completed year less than one tonne of designated materials in the packaging and paper products category.

Small producers must keep records which demonstrate they are a small producer.

Packaging: primary packaging, convenience packaging, transport packaging.

Paper: flyers, brochures, booklets, catalogues, telephone directories, newspapers, magazines, paper fibre, paper used for copying, writing or any other general use; paper of any other description.

Single-use products: product, other than packaging, that is ordinarily disposed of after a single use or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused. E.g., straws, utensils, plates, bowls, cups, party supplies, food containers, foil and wraps, bags, boxes.

Materials not included:

• Beverage container within the meaning of the Beverage Container Regulation.
• A health, hygiene, safety or paper product the recycling of which could become unsafe or unsanitary because of the anticipated use of the product.
• Bound reference books, literary books and textbooks.
• A product that is not made primarily from paper, glass, metal or plastic, or a combination of these materials.
• A container that is included in the hazardous and special products category.