…educate residents to adopt good recycling habits, like rinsing and sorting materials, avoiding unacceptable items and ensuring their Blue Box is put 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): Engli…
… Primary Contact Authorization Forms Steward-Initiated Adjustment Request Form Stewardship Ontario Blue Box Adjustment and Correction Template Voluntary Steward Agreement Reporting Hub: The Hub provides online, searchable access of tips for various business types, product information for common packaging with their material categories and FAQs about reporting. Steward Lists: Lists make it easier for retailers and other first importers to identify…
…l Stewardship Ontario is wound up. Reporting information about data collection, material categories and calculating weights is detailed in the Producer Guide and the Reporting Hub. Materials not in scope for reporting are detailed in the Deductions and Exclusions Policy included as Appendix G in the Blue Box Rules. …
…eRecycle Portal. The Portal is a secure online platform hosted by Circular Materials and also used by stewardship programs in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. To access the WeRecycle Portal click here. New users should click ‘Create an Account’ near the bottom of the page to create their WeRecycle account. Follow the steps on the screen to set up your User ID. Upon creating your User ID, you will receive an email with a temporary passw…
…nerally involves having a “permanent establishment” or paying provincial income taxes. Supplying Designated Materials: This relates to providing items directly or indirectly to residential consumers. Industrial, Commercial and Institutional sales do not count as supply. Responsible Party: There is a hierarchy that determines which resident steward is responsible for supplied materials, going from brand owners to first importers. Franchisors are re…
…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 add material specific promotion …
…ities 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 available here. Resources for the fee setting processes used in 2021 and earlier, including the Pay In Models (PIM), are available on request. Stewardship Ontario expects …
…rom stewards and transferring the money to municipalities and First Nation communities that collect and manage the materials. It also operated the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program from 2008 until it ceased operations in September 2021. Information about the MHSW wind up is available here. As the Blue Box transitions to a new regulatory framework and Stewardship Ontario prepares to wind up the organization after 2025, stewards (r…
…rds to municipalities and First Nation communities that collect and manage materials. The below summarizes key milestones in the transition from the current shared responsibility model to a Blue Box system fully financed and operated by the producers that supply packaging and paper to Ontario residents. The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has issued the Blue Box Transition Schedule, which provides specific transition dates for muni…
…e: Stewards entering/leaving the Ontario market; and/or who have not filed complete 2019 and 2020 data by July 31, 2022. (Reports need to be submitted via the WeRecycle Portal) Divestiture of a subsidiary or product line (and potentially the corresponding acquisition by another steward) Discontinuance of a product line Newspapers subject to the CNA/OCNA Amendment to the Stewardship Ontario Blue Box Program Plan. Forms must be completed to request …