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Termination of MHSW Program

…y Stewardship Ontario, pursuant to section 14 of the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016. The September 11, 2023, notice letter 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 …

Final MHSW Fee Reduction Update and Residual Fund Disbursement Notice

… the fee reduction process and residual funds disbursed under the approved MHSW Wind Up Plan in various MHSW categories. Surplus fund fee reductions disbursed by Stewardship Ontario throughout the MHSW Wind Up Plan, including retro-active fee reductions issued June 17, 2022, total $44.8 million. Residual funds issued to stewards and ISOs (for disbursement to their members) total $2.9 million. Total surplus and residual funds disbursed to stewards …

News

…ability Notice Stewardship Ontario is completing the final steps to close the MHSW Program. Stewards should note that MHSW data is being transferred to the Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority per the MHSW Wind Up Plan. MHSW stewards will have access to their historical reports on the WeRecycle Portal until September 16, 2022. Individual steward data will… Read More 1 2 3 … 9 Next Page …

Steward Information

…m 2008 until it ceased operations in September 2021. Information about the MHSW wind up is available here. As the Blue Box transitions to a new regulatory framework and Stewardship Ontario prepares to wind up the organization after 2025, stewards (referred to as producers under the new Blue Box Regulation) will temporarily have obligations to both Stewardship Ontario and the Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority. Information in this section w…

Regulation

…m 2008 until it ceased operations in September 2021. Information about the MHSW wind up is available here. The Blue Box Program Plan was designed as a funding program for packaging and printed paper managed in municipally run Blue Box services. The Program Plan required producers (or stewards) to fund up to 50% of municipal net operating costs to manage these materials. There were various updates and amendments to the Program Plan following its in…

2020 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report

…toward a circular economy and full producer responsibility. The wind-up of MHSW Program is underway and the program is scheduled to terminate in 2021. A plan for the transition of the Blue Box Program was approved in December 2020 and provides for Stewardship Ontario’s responsibilities to carry through to the end of 2025, at which point the organization will be fully wound-up. We are pleased to share with you our 2020 multi-stakeholder Annual Repo…

Final MHSW Report Reminder

… dates for MHSW stewards from the September 14 webinar is available on the MHSW wind up webpage. Stewards are also reminded that any adjustment reports for 2021 data are due no later than November 30, 2021. After that date Stewards will no longer be able to submit supply adjustment reports. MHSW supply data, however, will continue to be available on the WeRecycle Portal and stewards will be provided at least 45-days notice regarding any changes to…

MHSW Program Ceases Operations

…ated to the implementation of the approved MHSW Wind Up Plan and materials from our recent wind up webinar is available here: webinar presentation and replay. Questions related to the wind up of the MHSW program can be sent to mhswwindup@stewardshipontario.ca. For further information about the transition to the Hazardous and Special Products Regulation that takes effect October 1, 2021, visit the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority’s webs…

MHSW Wind Up

…wind up the MHSW Program following an April 2018 Ministerial direction. An MHSW Wind Up Plan was developed following extensive stakeholder consultations and was approved by RPRA in December 2019. Additional Ministerial directions required subsequent amendments to the plan. As per the approved Wind Up Plan, Stewardship Ontario ceased operation of the MHSW Program: for single-use batteries on June 30, 2020; for other MHSW materials on September 30, …