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RFP: Curbside, Multi-Residential and Depot Waste Composition Studies

… conduct curbside residential, depot-based residential collection and multi-residential waste composition studies in selected Ontario municipalities. The contractor(s) will be responsible for collecting, sorting, and classifying curbside residential and depot residential materials. Multi-residential wastes will be delivered to the sorting site and the contractor will be responsible for sampling, where required, sorting and classifying the material…

Promotion and Education Resources

…t out on time for collection. The following are available in ZIP files for download and use: Videos in horizontal (for YouTube) and square (for other social media) formats: English | French Letter-size posters (optional versions with customizable fields for municipal logo and call to action text): English | French Digital and social media advertisements in square and vertical formats: English | French If you have any questions, please contact info…

Four-Step Fee Methodology and 2022 Fee Rates

…that by the number of supplied tonnes of that material. Here’s how the Four-Step Fee Methodology works: Step 1 allocates the gross cost of the recycling system – the collection and processing activities. Activity Based Costing (ABC) per tonne provides the material cost input. Step 2 allocates the commodity revenue to those materials that have earned the revenue. Step 3 allocates the program management cost of the stewardship program. Step 4 will a…

Fees and Invoices

… data years). Prior to simplified see setting (which will apply to stewards 2023 invoices) Blue Box annual fees were calculated based on a steward’s reported quantities of each material category and the applicable material fee rates. For example, in 2021 stewards reported the materials supplied to Ontario consumers in 2020 to inform an invoice issued in January 2022. A summary of the fee methodology and the fee rates for 2022 invoices are availabl…

About Us

…lanned, when the new producer responsibility model was applied to materials previously covered by the MHSW Program. Stewardship Ontario will be fully wound up following the completion of the Blue Box transition at the end of 2025. …

Blue Box Simplified Fees Deadlines

…oice years 2021 and 2022 (2019 and 2020 sales data years). The deadline to complete a Steward-Initiated Adjustment Request for this sales data is July 31, 2022. Circumstances where the simplified fee setting model will not apply are detailed in the Policy for Simplified Steward Fee Setting During the Blue Box Wind Up. The policy requires stewards to provide notification to Stewardship Ontario by July 31, 2022, if the following qualifying events wi…

Blue Box Simplified Fees Approved

…nter the Ontario Market, Leave the Ontario Market, or have not Filed their Complete and Accurate 2020 and 2021 Reports for any Reason (data reports need to be submitted via the WeRecycle Portal) Divestiture of a Business Subsidiary or Product Line and potentially the corresponding acquisition by another steward Discontinuance of a Product Line Newspapers that are Subject to the CNA/OCNA Amendment to the Stewardship Ontario Blue Box Program Plan (d…

Consultation on Blue Box Rules and new Policy for 2022

…n and RPRA’s approval letter with conditions are available on the Stewardship Ontario website. Stakeholders are encouraged to review the drafts and provide feedback during a two-week consultation period ending March 18, 2022. Comments and questions can be submitted to: consultation@stewardshipontario.ca. …

Stewardship Ontario Submits Recommendation to RPRA to Proceed with Simplified Approach to Blue Box Fee Setting

…documents submitted by Stewardship Ontario as part of its recommendation to RPRA: Blue Box Program Transition Plan: Revised Fee Setting Methodology for 2023-2025 Addendum and Consultation Report. If approved, the change would eliminate the need for most stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario in the future. Stewards will be advised before they need to begin preparing their 2022 reports. Information about the simplified appr…

Survey Reminder and Webinar Q&A — Proposed Simplified Approach to Fee Setting

…tation and replay posted last week on our Blue Box Program Transition Plan webpage. Stakeholders are reminded of the Thursday, January 13, 2022, deadline to complete the survey or submit any feedback on the Simplified Approach: Complete Survey The proposal was introduced in an October 2021 notice and details are included in a Discussion Paper and a Question & Answer document. Comments and questions can be submitted to consultation@stewardshipontar…