Are you a Producer?

In Saskatchewan, producers are responsible for the end-of-life management of household packaging and paper per The Household Packaging and Paper Stewardship Program Regulations, 2023.

Use the following guidelines to determine if you are a producer: 

• If a business or organization supplies packaging to consumers in Saskatchewan and is the brand owner resident in Canada, that business is the obligated producer as the brand holder.
• If a business or organization is resident in Saskatchewan and imports packaging for which there is no brand holder resident in Canada, that business is the obligated producer as the importer.
• If these two situations do not apply, then the obligated producer is the retailer.

Franchisors and Retailers:

• Where the producer, determined by the hierarchy above, is a business operated as a franchise, the obligated producer is the franchisor if that franchisor has franchisees resident in Saskatchewan.
• If a retailer is determined to be the producer based on the hierarchy, but they are a marketplace seller, the marketplace facilitator is the obligated producer.