Following the Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority’s (RPRA) recent conditional approval of the simplified fee-setting proposal for the Blue Box program, Stewardship Ontario will be consulting stakeholders about draft program Rules and a new Policy that will guide implementation. Following the approval, and once Stewardship Ontario satisfies the specified conditions, most stewards will not be […]
Stewardship Ontario’s simplified fee-setting proposal for the Blue Box Program recently submitted to the Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) following stakeholder consultations has been approved with conditions. Following the approval, and once Stewardship Ontario satisfies the specified conditions, most stewards will not be required to submit detailed material reports to Stewardship Ontario. This change […]
Following consultation with stakeholders, Stewardship Ontario has submitted to the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) its recommendation to amend the Blue Box Transition Plan to include the proposed simplified approach to fee setting. RPRA will undertake its own consultation prior to considering approval. RPRA’s consultation period will run from Friday, January 21 to Friday, […]
Thank you to all stakeholders who participated in our January 6, 2022, webinar about Stewardship Ontario’s proposal for a Simplified Approach to fee setting. The webinar Q&A is now available along with the webinar presentation and replay posted last week on our Blue Box Program Transition Plan webpage. Stakeholders are reminded of the Thursday, January […]
Stewardship Ontario invites stakeholders to complete a survey and participate in a webinar about its proposal for a Simplified Approach to fee setting. The proposal was introduced in an October notice and discussed at the Annual Steward Meeting. If approved, the change would eliminate the need for stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario […]
December 1, 2021 Further to Stewardship Ontario’s October 19 posting and discussion at the Annual Steward Meeting, a change to steward fee setting is being considered. If approved, the change would eliminate the need for stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario in the future. Stakeholders are encouraged to review details about the proposed […]
October 19, 2021 Stewardship Ontario is proposing a significant change to how it sets fees that will eliminate the need for stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario, reduce the administrative burden on stewards and reduce program management costs. Under the proposed change, each steward’s fees would be determined by calculating their percentage share […]
October 19, 2021 – Stewardship Ontario has completed its review of the July 6, 2021, announcement of the proposed sale of the assets of Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) to Resource Recovery Alliance (RRA), a wholly owned subsidiary of GFL Environmental Inc. (the Proposed Acquisition). In response to the Proposed Acquisition, Stewardship Ontario commissioned […]
October 18, 2021 MHSW stewards are reminded to submit their final quarterly supply reports of Q3 sales data (July 1 – Sept 30) in the WeRecycle Portal by October 31, 2021. The final supply report is a regulatory obligation which is required for stewards to remain in good standing (and be eligible for program fee reductions and potential […]
Stewardship Ontario Blue Box stewards are reminded that they are required to register with the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) and report 2020 supply data by October 1, 2021. If you recently reported your 2020 supply data via the WeRecycle Portal, you must also report the same data to RPRA to comply with the […]