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Blue Box Transition

Begins July 2023

We operate Ontario’s Blue Box Program for residential packaging and paper on behalf of industry stewards, helping to keep materials out of landfills and recover value from these materials at the end of their useful life.

Blue Box Simplified Fees

Simplified fees eliminate the need for most stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario moving forward.

In October 2021, Stewardship Ontario proposed simplified fee setting to reduce the administrative burden and program management costs during the Blue Box transition. In May 2022, this change was approved. With the final approval, most stewards no longer need to report their annual supply data to Stewardship Ontario for the remaining years of the program, which ceases operations at the end of 2025.

Latest News

November 28, 2024

Comment Period for Draft 2025 Blue Box Rules Ended

Stewardship Ontario’s budget process also includes an annual update to its Rules and Policies. The draft 2025 Rules propose updates including…

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October 17, 2024

2024 Annual Producer Meeting

The 2024 Annual Producer Meeting (APM) was held on Thursday, October 24. The Report to Producers includes program updates and 2025 budgets and…

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July 5, 2024

Stewardship Ontario 2023 Annual Report

With the Blue Box Transition Plan on track for completion in 2025, Stewardship Ontario’s core focus in 2023 was to complete the transition as…

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