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2023 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report

… Stewardship Ontario has met key milestones in the process to enable a smooth transition to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework. Stewardship Ontario continues to provide administrative and operational services with Circular Materials for the duration of the Stewardship Ontario wind-up period. …

2024 Rules Consultation and APM Resources Available

…Rules PDF with changes tracked can be downloaded here. Stewardship Ontario is consulting on the proposed changes until November 25, 2023. Questions or comments are welcome and can be sent to: consultation@stewardshipontario.ca …

Termination of MHSW Program

… is available here. The MHSW program, also known to consumers as the Orange Drop program, ceased operation on September 30, 2021. Further information about the MHSW wind up is available here. Former MHSW materials are now collected and recycled under Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 regulations, which are administered by the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA). Information on current recycling of Hazardous and Speci…

Update on RPRA Approval of Blue Box Transition Plan Conditions

…tion Plan (BBTP) specified a series of conditions to be met. On January 27, 2023, RPRA informed Stewardship Ontario that the plan to meet Condition 3 (related to data security) had been approved. The approval letter is available on the RPRA website. The earlier approval letters for Condition 2 (mitigating conflict of interest) and Condition 4 (maintaining performance during transition) are also available: RPRA Approval Letter, March 31, 2021 RPRA …

Consultation on calculating the potential cash portion of newspaper in-kind obligation

…tewards Municipalities not transitioning to the new regulatory framework in 2023. Under the Blue Box Program Plan, NMC/OCNA stewards contribute newspaper advertising linage to municipalities and First Nations in lieu of cash funding. Some of this obligation may need to be paid in cash if commodity prices reach a certain level, which is calculated based on a methodology outlined in the Blue Box Program Plan. Some data inputs required to determine t…

2023 Rules Consultation and ASM Resources Available

…ked can be downloaded here. Stewardship Ontario is consulting on the proposed changes until November 28, 2022 (amended from November 30). Questions or comments are welcome and can be sent to: consultation@stewardshipontario.ca …

Consultation on calculating the potential cash portion of newspaper in-kind obligation

…tewards Municipalities not transitioning to the new regulatory framework in 2023. Under the Blue Box Program Plan, NMC/OCNA stewards contribute newspaper advertising linage to municipalities and First Nations in lieu of cash funding. Some of this obligation may need to be paid in cash if commodity prices reach a certain level, which is calculated based on a methodology outlined in the Blue Box Program Plan. Some data inputs required to determine t…

2022 Annual Steward Meeting

…Rules, such as date changes and other minor clarifications, which form part of the consultation process.  Stewardship Ontario welcomes any questions or comments. …