New Brunswick EPR obligation

Check your own case

Choose your role, add your revenue and the packaging you supply, and the checker applies the rules this page describes to your figures. It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

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How the checker reaches a result

The checker asks the same questions in the same order for every place, and it stops with a result as soon as a question settles the matter. It never fills a missing answer in for you.

1. Whose brand is on the packaging? If it is another company's brand, you are not the producer for those goods under the roles recorded for New Brunswick. If you have not said, the checker asks first.
2. Do you sell into New Brunswick? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.
3. Does a size limit apply? The checker compares your revenue or packaging weight with each limit on record and, where a limit is not met, returns below threshold.
4. Is an exemption on record for your case? An exemption that is not yet verified is never assumed, and the checker asks for more data instead.
5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared.

Who is the producer in New Brunswick?

The first question is whose duty it is. New Brunswick assigns the duty by packaging level, and the table shows which roles count as the producer at each level.

• New Brunswick: for other packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.
• New Brunswick: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.
• New Brunswick: for secondary packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.
• New Brunswick: for service packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.
• New Brunswick: for shipping packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.
• New Brunswick: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the brand owner, importer, seller, or online marketplace.

Find the row that describes you. Where more than one role appears in a row, the checker asks whose brand is on the product before it gives a result.

Does revenue matter in New Brunswick?

Where a revenue limit applies, New Brunswick counts revenue earned in the jurisdiction. The revenue figure is taken over the year. Limits are stated in CAD; a figure in another currency is converted with a published rate before it is compared.

Size limits in New Brunswick

Some rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for New Brunswick, each with what happens when you meet it.

The revenue limit: CA$2,000,000

New Brunswick: the revenue limit is CA$2,000,000. New Brunswick: at the revenue limit of CA$2,000,000, the producer is exempt below it. New Brunswick: the revenue rule reads, in plain words: Section 59 exemption. New Brunswick: the revenue limit is counted as follows: gross annual New Brunswick revenue.

The tonnage limit: 1 tonne

New Brunswick: the tonnage limit is 1 tonne. New Brunswick: at the tonnage limit of 1 tonne, the producer is exempt below it. New Brunswick: the tonnage rule reads, in plain words: Section 59 exemption. New Brunswick: the tonnage limit is counted as follows: packaging and paper per year.

Exemptions in New Brunswick

An exemption removes the duty for a producer that meets its conditions. Some must be applied for; others apply on their own.

Exemption 1

Exemption 1: Under CAD 2,000,000 NB revenue, under one tonne, or a registered charity. New Brunswick: exemption 1 applies without an application.

What the rules cover in New Brunswick

A duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for New Brunswick.

New Brunswick: the rules cover these sales channels: retail, online sales, and distance sales. New Brunswick: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.

Every case, worked through

Below, the same engine that powers the checker is run on a set of standard cases for New Brunswick. Each case states the input, the result and the next step. The figures are test inputs set at half, equal to and twice each recorded limit, read as of November 4, 2026; they are not rules.

Revenue of CA$1,000,000: below the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and your revenue is CA$1,000,000, half the limit of CA$2,000,000. The figure is under the CA$2,000,000 limit, so the engine returns below threshold: the exemption on record applies. Result: below threshold. Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.

Revenue of CA$2,000,000: exactly at the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and your revenue is CA$2,000,000, exactly the limit of CA$2,000,000. The rules for New Brunswick set a limit that needs a figure this case does not supply, such as a different measure or unit, so the engine asks for more data. Result: more data needed. Next: supply the missing answer in the checker to get a result.

Revenue of CA$4,000,000: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and your revenue is CA$4,000,000, twice the limit of CA$2,000,000. The rules for New Brunswick set a limit that needs a figure this case does not supply, such as a different measure or unit, so the engine asks for more data. Result: more data needed. Next: supply the missing answer in the checker to get a result.

Packaging of 0.5 tonnes: below the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 0.5 tonnes of packaging, half the limit of 1 tonne. The figure is under the 1 tonne limit, so the engine returns below threshold: the exemption on record applies. Result: below threshold. Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.

Packaging of 2 tonnes: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 2 tonnes of packaging, twice the limit of 1 tonne. The rules for New Brunswick set a limit that needs a figure this case does not supply, such as a different measure or unit, so the engine asks for more data. Result: more data needed. Next: supply the missing answer in the checker to get a result.

Above every limit

Your own brand is on the goods and every figure is above every limit on record. The limit is met, so the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

If you owe: what happens next

If the result is obligated, these are the steps on record for New Brunswick. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.

New Brunswick: registration is made with Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board). New Brunswick: registration is made by this party: The producer.

New Brunswick: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation. New Brunswick: the organisations on record are Circular Materials. New Brunswick: membership of an organisation is required. New Brunswick: an authorised representative is not required.

Deadlines on record

• New Brunswick: the registration deadline is June 30, 2025.
• New Brunswick: the plan filing deadline is June 30, 2025.