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.
| Lamps | EHFs effective April 1, 2026 (per unit) |
| Fluorescent/Induction tubes – less than or equal to 2 feet | $0.45 |
| Fluorescent/Induction tubes – greater than 2 feet and up to or equal to 4 feet | $0.90 |
| Fluorescent/Induction tubes – greater than 4 feet | $1.20 |
| Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) / Screw-in induction lamps | $0.30 |
| Light emitting diodes (LED) – bulbs | $0.30 |
| Light emitting diodes (LED) – tubes and others | $0.65 |
| High intensity discharge (HID), germicidal, special purpose, and other | $1.75 |
| Incandescent / Halogen | $0.30 |
| Small lamps | $0.05 |
| String lights (removeable lamps) ≤ 50 lamps 51 to 100 lamps > 100 lamps | $1.50 $2.50 $3.50 |
| Removeable lamps sold in/with products 1 lamp 2 to 3 lamps 4 to 5 lamps 6 to 10 lamps 11 to 25 lamps > 25 lamps | – $0.30 $0.60 $0.75 $0.90 $1.35 $1.50 |
Note: Tubes include linear, U-shape and circ-line. Their length is the length of the tube if straightened.