Registration

According to Designated Materials Regulation 2008-54 under the Clean Environment Act, no brand owner shall sell, offer for sale or distribute an electronic product to a person within the Province unless the brand owner is registered with Recycle NB.

An application for the issuance of a registration shall be on a form provided by Recycle NB and shall provide the following information:

(a) the name of the applicant;
(b) whether the applicant is applying for registration as a supplier or brand owner;
(c) the location of the head office of the applicant, and its main place of business within the Province;
(d) if a corporation, the name of the officers of the corporation, their titles, addresses of their places of residence and telephone numbers;
(e) the name, address and telephone number of the person to whom any correspondence or inquiries should be directed; and
(f) if an applicant is a brand owner, the name, address and telephone number of any agent (Producer Responsibility Organization) acting on behalf of the applicant for the purposes of this Regulation.

To register, please click here.

Electronic Products

Under Designated Materials Regulation 2008-54 of the Clean Environment Act, “electronic product” means a product intended for consumer, industrial or commercial use and

(a) includes
(i) a television,
(ii) a desktop, laptop and notebook computer and the computer’s central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and cable,
(iii) a computer monitor,
(iv) a computer desktop printer and a desktop printer with scanning or fax capabilities,
(v) a desktop scanner,
(vi) an audio and video playback and recording system,
(vii) a telephone,
(viii) a cellular phone and other wireless communication devices,
(ix) a fax machine,
(x) a personal digital assistant and other similar handheld devices not capable of connecting to the Internet,
(xi) a digital camera, and
(xii) an analog or digital video camera, and

(b) does not include factory-installed audio, video or communication devices developed for embedded use in motor vehicles.

On July 14, 2024, the Government of New Brunswick introduced Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37 under the Clean Environment Act, repealing the previous Regulation. Brand owners shall remain bound by Regulation 2008-54 until December 31, 2025, as though that Regulation had not been repealed. Please note that 14 additional product categories are included in the list of designated electronic products in Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37. For more information, please contact Recycle NB at info@recyclenb.com or 1-506-454-8473.

Fee Display & Advertising

According to Section 50.44 of the Regulation:
50.44(1)Subject to subsection (2), a brand owner or a retailer, on behalf of a brand owner, may recover from the consumer costs associated with implementing or operating an electronic products stewardship plan, or costs associated with supplying material under section 50.43.

50.44(2)A brand owner or a retailer who recovers costs under subsection (1) shall integrate those costs
(a) into a total advertised sales price of the electronic product, and
(b) into the sales price of the electronic product on the receipt of sale.

50.44(3)A brand owner or a retailer is not prohibited from informing the public that the price of an electronic product includes costs recovered under subsection (1) and communicating those costs to the public.

Please review the Fee Display and Advertising Examples to ensure you comply with the Designated Materials Regulation. The Environmental Handling Fee charged on new electronic products is not a tax and it is not collected by government. EPRA (Electronic Products Recycling Association) sets the Environmental Handling Fee for each new electronic product. Please consult the EPRA NB Website.

Stewardship Plan

A stewardship plan shall apply to the manufacture, storage, collection, transportation, recycling, disposal or other handling of electronic products that are sold, offered for sale or distributed within the province. Please see the approved stewardship plan for full details.