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

…duled 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 the proposal can be submitted prior to the webinar to consultation@stewardshipontario.ca. Surveys and other feedback on the Simplified Approach are due no later than January 13, 2022. If there is broad steward support for the proposal, it will be submitted to the Stewardship Ontario Administrator an…

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

December 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 details about the proposed Simplified Approach provided in a discussion paper and a Question & Answer document. …

2020 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report

…up of MHSW Program is underway and the program is scheduled to terminate in 2021. A plan for the transition of the Blue Box Program was approved in December 2020 and provides for Stewardship Ontario’s responsibilities to carry through to the end of 2025, at which point the organization will be fully wound-up. We are pleased to share with you our 2020 multi-stakeholder Annual Report which provides more details about these changes as well as Steward…

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

October 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 calculating their percentage share of Stewardship Ontario’s total costs over a recent period and applying tha…

Review of CSSA Compliance Complete

October 19, 2021 –   Stewardship Ontario has completed its review of the July 6, 2021, announcement of the proposed sale of the assets of Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) to Resource Recovery Alliance (RRA), a wholly owned subsidiary of GFL Environmental Inc. (the Proposed Acquisition). In response to the Proposed Acquisition, Stewardship Ontario commissioned a Confidentiality Diagnostic Assessment to confirm CSSA has met its wide-ra…

Final MHSW Report Reminder

…wind up webpage. Stewards are also reminded that any adjustment reports for 2021 data are due no later than November 30, 2021. After that date Stewards will no longer be able to submit supply adjustment reports. MHSW supply data, however, will continue to be available on the WeRecycle Portal and stewards will be provided at least 45-days notice regarding any changes to MHSW data access on the Portal. Please contact us with any questions. Steward S…

MHSW Program Ceases Operations

…rection, 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 sent to mhswwindup@ste…

Blue Box: RPRA Registration and Reporting Reminder

…ity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) and report 2020 supply data by October 1, 2021. If you recently reported your 2020 supply data via the WeRecycle Portal, you must also report the same data to RPRA to comply with the new Blue Box Regulation. Producers will also be required to pay their 2021 Registry fee when submitting their 2020 supply data. Registry fees are based on the preceding year’s supply data. More information is available on RPRA’s Blue …

MHSW Wind Up

…e-use batteries on June 30, 2020; for other MHSW materials on September 30, 2021. Under the approved MHSW Wind Up Plan, Stewardship Ontario disbursed $44.8 million in Program surplus funds and an additional $2.9 million in residual funds to stewards and Industry Stewardship Organizations (PCA and AMS) for redistribution to their members. Information on the timing of disbursements by MHSW Program category is available in this Summary of MHSW Wind-U…

Update On Stewardship Ontario Review of GFL/CSSA Announcement

Stewardship Ontario continues to consider the July 6, 2021, announcement of the proposed sale of Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) to Resource Recovery Alliance, a wholly owned subsidiary of GFL Environmental Inc. (the Proposed Acquisition). Stewardship Ontario’s priority is to protect all commercially sensitive information entrusted to it from being used for any purpose other than to serve the needs of Stewardship Ontario. In light o…