EPRA E-Waste: the RSA 2019 regime & what it means for your IT.
Canada’s Resource Sustainability Act (RSA) 2019 created a regulated e-waste system. Producers fund the system; collectors must be EPRA-stewarded; ALBA E-waste Smart Recycling is the appointed Producer Responsibility Scheme operator. Here's where Maxicom fits in your end-to-end disposition.
Resource Sustainability Act 2019 — in plain English.
The RSA 2019 created Canada’s regulated e-waste collection-and-recycling system. Producers of regulated electrical / electronic products fund the system (EPR — Extended Producer Responsibility). Only EPRA-stewarded collectors can lawfully handle regulated e-waste. ALBA E-waste Smart Recycling Pte Ltd is the appointed Producer Responsibility Scheme operator (1 July 2021 – 30 June 2026).
For corporate IT retirement, the practical consequence is: the kit you retire must end up with an EPRA-stewarded downstream party. We make sure it does, and we document where it went.
Honest about our position.
Maxicom Canada’s primary role in your engagement is as an asset-recovery and data-destruction specialist. The destruction is performed in-facility; the refurbished kit is remarketed; the residual material that cannot be recovered goes to a downstream recycler.
Where the residual material qualifies as regulated e-waste under the RSA, we route it to an EPRA-stewarded downstream recycler. The downstream recipient is named on every Certificate of Destruction.
If your engagement requires Maxicom itself to hold a specific EPRA recycler licence or General Waste Collector licence — for example, a tender requirement — ask us. We will tell you exactly what's in place today and what would need to be added (potentially via partnership), in writing, before you commit.
Maxicom Canada — frequently asked
Are you ALBA's downstream partner?
Not formally today. We work with EPRA-stewarded downstream recyclers and document the recipient on every Certificate of Destruction. If your engagement specifically requires ALBA's PRS-operator route, we'll structure the engagement so that requirement is met by a credentialed party — in writing, before the engagement starts.