About Stewardship Ontario Stewardship Ontario is a not-for-profit organization financed by the businesses that supply designated products, packaging and printed paper to the Ontario market. In partnership with Ontario municipalities and First Nations communities, Stewardship Ontario has operated the province’s Blue Box Program for recycling printed paper and packaging since 2004. The Ontario government is implementing a new approach to resource r…
…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…
… 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. Stewardship Ontario has now satisfied the conditions and the Rules for Stewards and the Policy that will guide implementation have been finalized. The Policy for Simplified Steward Fee Setting During the Blue Box Wind Up includes the following optional and …
…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. …
…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…
…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…
…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 details about the proposed Simplified Approach provided in a Discussion Paper and a Question & Answer document. The webinar is scheduled for January 6, 2022, at 10 am ET. Stewards can also complete a brief online survey on the proposal: Complete Survey Comments and questions about th…
…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 details about the proposed Simplified Approach provided in a discussion paper and a Question & Answer document. A webinar is scheduled for January 6, 2022, at 10 am ET. Stewards will also be invited to complete a brief online survey on the proposal. Watch for webinar registration inf…
…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 calculating their percentage share of Stewardship Ontario’s total costs over a recent period and applying that percentage to the total Stewardship Ontario budget for the following year…
…gate steward regulatory compliance costs by developing a new method for setting fees. Stewardship Ontario has therefore decided to propose a change to the way it sets fees for the period between 2023 and 2025 and eliminate the need for stewards to report supply-to-market data to Stewardship Ontario in future. Fees would instead be based on each stewards’ recent share of total costs. This will not impact fees for the coming year, which will be calc…