• The estimated weight of Program Products collected per capita by regional district; and • The estimated total units collected.
In 2024, OPEIC continued to partner with Product Care Association’s Light Fixtures Program and our contracted Service Provider, by co-mingling residential Light Fixtures and Small Appliances in the Service Provider’s collection bags at contracted collected sites. These are examples of how stewardship programs working together to create efficiencies at the collection site level, reduce consumer confusion, and provide “one-stop shops” for residents. To estimate OPEIC’s net collection tonnage of Program Products collected in 2024, the Service Provider’s processors submitted monthly sampling reports of collection material processed, indicating the portion of materials that were EOPE versus the proportion of Small Appliances and Residential Light Fixtures. The program also records the total weight of collection material collected through bill of ladings (BoL’s). The proportion of material that was found to be EOPE by weight in the sampling report was applied to the total weight of the collection tonnage reported from BoL’s during each month. To estimate the total number of units of EOPE collected, the Service Provider’s processor is required to conduct a piece count sampling of at least 10% of the collection containers received at the processing facility during the preceding month. This sampling process will entail identifying and documenting the quantity and weight of products contained within each collection container. The processors submit monthly sampling reports of the collection material processed, indicating the number of units of EOPE that were found in the sample each month. It would be cost-prohibitive for the processor, collection site or Service Provider to count and categorize every unit of material received across the collection network. To estimate the total number of units of EOPE collected in 2024, the number of units found in each sample was extrapolated using the proportion of bags sampled with respect to the total number of bags received per month by each processor. This 10% sampling rate proves to be adequate as it allows extrapolation to consistently represent the volume of EOPE being collected. The processors of electronic waste, like other waste processors use weight in Kgs and tonnes in their everyday business, rather than unit piece count. Counting and categorizing every unit collected would be very disruptive to their business practices and extremely cost-inefficient. As the total number of units collected by the program during 2024 is unknown and the estimated total number of units of EOPE collected is based only on the sampling data available, the estimated units of EOPE collected during 2024 is subject to a significant degree of uncertainty. Comparatively, the estimated weight of EOPE collected during 2024 is determined using the verified total weight of co-mingled program materials collected during 2024 and the proportion of total weight determined to be EOPE during the sampling process,
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