Developed societies generate growing quantities of residual material that are more varied, more complex and more hazardous for the environment than ever before. Municipalities do not always possess the means to develop management programs adapted to these residues, especially when they have to include reduction at source, reuse and eco-design. It is consequently vital that other stakeholders in society support them in this task. The Québec Residual Materials Management Policy 1998-2008 (The Policy) opened the door to participation by another category of stakeholders through the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility and by stating that the government intended to act to oblige businesses that sell hazardous products to recover and process them at the end of their useful life. The Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of discarded paint containers and paints that came into effect in 2001 was the first time Extended Producer Responsibility was embedded in Québec regulations. It was followed by the Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of used oils, oil or fluid containers and used filters, which came into effect in 2004. intervention flexibility, offering incentives to improve their environmental performance upstream through product design, and downstream through the application of performance objectives in recovery and reclamation programs that concern their products. A framework EPR regulation is consistent with the implementation of The Policy and allows for synchronizing this tool for the entire body of targeted producers within Québec while introducing new product categories such as electronic products, mercury lamps and batteries intended for consumers. These products are all sold in growing quantities, are recovered in small numbers by current programs and have a hazardous character. The moment is thus opportune to target them in priority fashion so that consumers can dispose of them adequately at the their end of useful life.