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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…

Survey and Webinar: Proposed Simplified Fee Setting for 2023-2025

…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…

Proposed Amendment to the Blue Box Program Transition Plan – Revised Fee Setting Methodology for 2023-2025

…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…

Stewardship Ontario proposes to eliminate need for stewards to report supply-to-market data

…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…

Review of CSSA Compliance Complete

…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…

Final MHSW Report Reminder

…st 45-days notice regarding any changes to MHSW data access on the Portal. Please contact us with any questions. Steward Services Team 1-888-980-9549 werecycle@stewardshipontario.ca …

MHSW Program Ceases Operations

As per Ministerial direction, the MHSW Program will cease operations by end of day September 30, 2021. Final steps and key dates for MHSW are available in these summaries for Stewards and Service Providers. Detailed information related to the implementation of the approved MHSW Wind Up Plan and materials from our recent wind up webinar is available here: webinar presentation and replay. Questions related to the wind up of the MHSW program can be …