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The Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) today provided Stewardship Ontario with a letter directing it to begin planning to transition the Blue Box Program to full producer responsibility in which industry will be responsible for both the funding and operation of residential recycling in the province of Ontario. Stewardship Onta…
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Stewardship Ontario is seeking a director who is Audit Committee ready to assist the board in fulfilling its fiduciary oversight obligations. The candidate must also be employed by a company or organization that contributes financially to Stewardship Ontario’s recycling programs through the payment of stewardship fees. Click here to view the Ca…
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The report from Ontario’s Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste released August 6, 2019, identifies a number of issues and recommendations for improving packaging recycling in the province. Following his appointment by the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) in June, David Lindsay consulted broadly with many affected…
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Following up on communications from earlier this week, Stewardship Ontario has recently received further direction from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) regarding the wind up of the MHSW Program. The new direction letter has been posted on the MHSW Wind Up webpage here. Below is a summary of the Minister’s n…
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On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change directed Stewardship Ontario to wind up the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program on December 31, 2020. On December 11, 2018, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks amended the timelines for the wind up of single-use batteries to June...…
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We are pleased to share with you our 2018 multi-stakeholder Annual Report! Read about Stewardship Ontario’s partnerships, recycling initiatives, performance and financial stability. Report highlights: Blue Box performed above target with a 61% recycling rate. Over 822,900 tonnes of packaging and printed paper was recycled. Over 94% of Ontario h…
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On Friday, June 7, 2019, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) appointed Mr. David Lindsay as Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste to foster discussion and help develop a path forward for transition of the Blue Box Program to full producer responsibility. Mr. Lindsay will be engaging with municipal and producer stak…
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The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit Proposals from qualified contractors to conduct single-family residential and multi-residential waste composition studies in a number of selected municipalities in Ontario. The contractor will be responsible for collecting, sorting and classifying single-family residential and multi-res…
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Together with our partner, CSSA, we have made the following specific commitments in support of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment: We will collaborate with businesses and governments in order to help increase reuse/recycling/composting rates for plastics; We will advocate for a system of harmonized Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) r…
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On April 12, 2018, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change issued direction to Stewardship Ontario to wind up the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program by December 31, 2020. Upon wind up, materials collected under the MHSW Program will be managed according to an individual producer responsibility (IPR) framework under the…
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