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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 …
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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…
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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 remai…
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The 2019 Annual Steward Meeting was hosted by CSSA on behalf of the stewardship programs on Thursday, October 24. It provided stewards with updates on packaging and paper recycling program performance along with next year’s program budgets and material fee rates. Below are links to the materials from the meeting: Download the Report to Stewards…
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As industry moves towards full producer responsibility for Blue Box materials and obligations shift, we recognize the importance of ensuring that there is no real, potential or apparent conflict of interest as we develop and implement our wind up plan. To that end, all cross appointments between the Stewardship Ontario and CSSA boards have been..…
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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 co…
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Stewardship Ontario has submitted its proposed MHSW Wind Up Plan to the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) by the Minister’s September 30, 2019 deadline. RPRA is expected to post the proposed Wind Up Plan prior to its consultations with stakeholders — please check the RPRA and Stewardship Ontario websites for up…
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The Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) has issued an amendment to the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program Plan that changes how common costs are allocated to the MHSW material categories to determine steward costs. As such, Stewardship Ontario is implementing changes to its Common Cost Allocation (CCA) methodology…
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The 2019 Annual Steward Meeting (ASM) on Thursday, October 24, will be an online experience. Based on steward feedback, this year’s event will again be webcast only. The ASM, held on behalf of CSSA partner stewardship programs, provides stewards with updates on packaging and paper recycling program performance along with next year’s …
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The transition of the Blue Box Program to full producer responsibility has been initiated by a direction letter from the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) on August 15, 2019 to make industry responsible for both the funding and operation of residential recycling in the province. Stewardship Ontario is required to submit a Blu…
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