Funding
Funding
Product Care Recycling is an industry funded not-for-profit. The New Brunswick lamps (lights) program is funded entirely by Environmental Handling Fees (EHFs) remitted to Product Care by its industry members. The fees are utilized for collection, transportation, recycling and safe disposal of returned products, as well as program administration and communication.
The Environmental Handling Fee is part of the price of regulated products and therefore subject to applicable sales taxes. While the taxes are remitted to the government, the fee itself is not remitted to the government.
Light products
Charges per unit
| EHFs prior to April 1st 2026 | EHFs as of April 1st 2026 | |
| Fluorescent/Induction Tubes – less than or equal to 2 feet | $0.45 | $0.45 |
| Fluorescent/induction Tubes – greater than 2 feet and up to or equal to 4 feet | $0.90 | $0.90 |
| Fluorescent/induction Tubes – greater than 4 feet | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL)/ Screw-In induction lamps | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| High Intensity Discharge (HID), Special Purpose, and Other | $1.75 | $1.75 |
| Light Emitting Diodes – Bulbs | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Light Emitting Diodes – Tubes and Other | $0.65 | $0.65 |
| Incandescent/Halogen | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Small lamps* | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – 1 lamp | N/A | $0.30 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – 2 to 3 lamps | N/A | $0.60 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – 4 to 5 lamps | N/A | $0.75 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – 6 to 10 lamps | N/A | $0.90 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – 11 to 25 lamps | N/A | $1.35 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products – >25 lamps | N/A | $1.50 |
| String lights – ≤50 lamps | N/A | $1.50 |
| String lights – 51 to 100 lamps | N/A | $2.50 |
| String lights – >100 lamps | N/A | $3.50 |
*The “small lamps” category was referred to as “miniature bulb package” prior to April 1st, 2026.
Note: Tubes include linear, U-shape and circ-line. Their length is the length of the tube if straightened.