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Stewardship Ontario Improving Website
Published on June 17, 2022 9:00 amStewardship Ontario (SO) will be relaunching its website in the next few weeks. The new site will provide the same functionality to stewards but be delivered in a more intuitive, straightforward way. Other users will see the same benefit. The layout of the new site will be similar to the current one, simplifying the transition... Read More
Blue Box Simplified Fees Deadlines
Published on May 31, 2022 9:00 amWith the recent final approval of Blue Box simplified fee setting most stewards will no longer need to report their annual supply data to Stewardship Ontario for the remaining years of the program, which ceases operations at the end of 2025. Stewards should note upcoming deadlines related to the implementation of simplified fees. For stewards... …
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Blue Box Simplified Fees Approved
Published on May 5, 2022 9:00 amThe Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) has provided final approvals for Blue Box simplified fee setting. Stewardship Ontario can confirm that most stewards will no longer need to report their annual supply data to Stewardship Ontario. RPRA had provided conditional approval of simplified fee setting on March 2, 2022. Stewards…
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Consultation on Blue Box Rules and new Policy for 2022
Published on March 4, 2022 1:32 pmFollowing 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 sat…
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Blue Box Simplified Fees Conditionally Approved by RPRA
Published on March 2, 2022 12:20 pmStewardship 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 r…
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Stewardship Ontario Submits Recommendation to RPRA to Proceed with Simplified Approach to Blue Box Fee Setting
Published on January 24, 2022 1:14 pmFollowing 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 pe…
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Survey Reminder and Webinar Q&A — Proposed Simplified Approach to Fee Setting
Published on January 11, 2022 3:22 pmThank 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 Thurs…
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Survey and Webinar: Proposed Simplified Fee Setting for 2023-2025
Published on December 8, 2021 3:00 pmStewardship 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 Stewa…
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Proposed Amendment to the Blue Box Program Transition Plan – Revised Fee Setting Methodology for 2023-2025
Published on December 1, 2021 4:25 pmDecember 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 detail…
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Stewardship Ontario proposes to eliminate need for stewards to report supply-to-market data
Published on October 19, 2021 1:15 pmOctober 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 calcu…
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