MHSW News

Thank you to those who joined our consultation webinars this week on the Minister’s directed amendments to the MHSW Wind Up Plan to return 100% of material-specific surplus funds to Industry Stewardship Organizations (ISOs) in one lump sum transfer. The presentation, webinar recordings and draft SO-ISO agreements are now available on the MHSW wind up webpage. We invite stakeholders to submit written […]

In response to new Ministerial direction, Stewardship Ontario will be consulting on amendments to the management of surplus funds during the wind up of the MHSW program. These proposed amendments to the Wind Up Plan will be of interest to all MHSW stakeholders given the potential financial implications for the MHSW program and individual stewards. […]

The MHSW program for single-use batteries will be winding up on June 30, 2020, as directed by the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks and outlined in Stewardship Ontario’s approved MHSW Wind Up Plan. In preparation for wind up, Stewardship Ontario will be hosting a webinar to review key dates and final steps for single-use battery […]

In response to new Ministerial direction, Stewardship Ontario will be consulting on amendments to the management of surplus funds during the wind up of the MHSW program. These proposed amendments to the Wind Up Plan will be of interest to all MHSW stakeholders given the potential financial implications for the MHSW program and individual stewards. […]

Stewardship Ontario recently received a letter from the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks directing an amendment to the approved MHSW Wind Up Plan. Stewardship Ontario Board of Directors’ communication with the Minister can be found here.

The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has approved Stewardship Ontario’s addendum to the MHSW Wind Up Plan that outlines the process of returning residual funds to stewards once the program is in its final wind up phase in 2022. New Ministerial direction received in December, 2019, directed Stewardship Ontario to return residual funds to stewards in proportion to […]

Stewardship Ontario is now implementing its approved Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Wind Up Plan, beginning with the wind up of the single-use battery program by June 30, 2020. We invite battery stewards to attend an information webinar on January 27, 2020 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. to review the following: Overview of the of the fee […]

The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has approved Stewardship Ontario’s Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) program Wind Up Plan. RPRA’s approval comes with the following conditions: Changes to Deadlines for Steward Adjustments New deadlines have been established for stewards to submit adjustments to prior reports. These deadlines were revised to align adjustment request deadlines with RPRA’s […]

The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has issued a new direction letter to Stewardship Ontario and the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) clarifying how MHSW residual funds should be managed once the program winds up on June 30, 2021. The Minister’s direction letter clarifies that all residual funds remaining once the program ceases […]

The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has posted the proposed Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Wind Up Plan Stewardship Ontario submitted in September. As part of the wind up process, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks directed RPRA to consult on Stewardship Ontario’s proposed plan before considering approval. The plan and […]