Environmental Handling Fees – Dollar Tree Canada

Environmental Handling Fees

Dollar Tree Canada’s goal is to keep the products we sell out of landfills. Environmental Handling Fees (EHFs), sometimes known as eco-fees, help cover the cost associated with the safe and responsible recycling of end-of-life products through regulated recycling programs. EHFs are often administered by provincially-approved recycling programs and are not government taxes.

Common Questions

What kinds of products have an EHF?

Most products with an electronic component are subject to an EHF, such as lighting, batteries, headphones and headsets, earbuds, computing accessories, speakers, adaptors, electronic toys and much more. For more information, including which products EHFs are applied to, please see your provincial section below.

How much is the EHF?

The EHF varies by product and province. Depending on the province, EHFs may be set by a recycling program, the brand owner, or a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) that is managing the collection, transportation, public education, and recycling of obsolete products.

Where EHFs are included, they are charged based on the transacting store location for in-person purchases. For more information, including which products EHFs are applied to, please see your provincial section below.

Where do EHFs go?

Customer-paid EHFs are passed through to the programs’ PRO to fund the costs of collection, transporting, recycling, and consumer education.

Who should I contact for more information?

Please contact your provincial recycling program or regulator for more information. You can find links to provincial programs below.

Recycling programs by province

Alberta

Electronics: Alberta Recycling Management Authority; https://www.albertarecycling.ca/

British Columbia

Electronics and Small Appliances: EPRA – British Columbia; https://recyclemyelectronics.ca/bc

Batteries: Call2Recycle – British Columbia; https://recycleyourbatteries.ca/

Lighting: PCA – British Columbia; https://www.productcare.org/

Manitoba

Electronics: EPRA – Manitoba; https://recyclemyelectronics.ca/mb

Batteries: Call2Recycle – Manitoba; https://recycleyourbatteries.ca/

Ontario

The electronics recycling program in Ontario is now under the regulation of the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act. Consumers can drop off end-of-life electronics for free recycling at drop off locations. To fund collection and recycling of eligible products, producers of electronics can include the cost in the price of their product or indicate a recycling fee separately on the product at time of purchase.

For more information, please visit the following pages:

Electronics: EPRA – Ontario; https://recyclemyelectronics.ca/on

Batteries: Call2Recycle – Ontario; https://recycleyourbatteries.ca/

Lighting: PCA -ON; https://www.productcare.org/

Saskatchewan

Electronics: EPRA – Saskatchewan; https://recyclemyelectronics.ca/sk

Batteries: Call2Recycle – Saskatchewan; https://recycleyourbatteries.ca/