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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

… the Stewardship Ontario Administrator and to RPRA for approval. RPRA will undertake its own consultation prior to considering approval. We will strive to have the proposal considered before stewards need to begin preparing their 2022 reports. If approved, stewards will not need to submit a data report to Stewardship Ontario in spring 2022. We hope everyone has a safe, healthy and happy holiday season and look forward to you joining us in January….

2020 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report

…hrough 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 Stewardship Ontario’s partnerships, recycling initiatives, performance and financial stability. Click here to download Stewardship Ontario’s 2020 Annual Report 2020 Highlights: Over 729,000 tonnes of packaging and printed paper recycle…

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

… 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. T…

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 …

Stewardship Ontario appoints Lead for Advisory Group

… been personally engaged in Blue Box and other steward consultations. He co-chaired the review of the Four-Step Fee Methodology, which was recently adopted by Stewardship Ontario. He was also one of three senior Board members who worked with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the City of Toronto in 2017 to strike an accord requesting the transition of the Blue Box Program to full EPR. Most recently, he successfully led the former Boa…

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

…ll be provided to Stewardship Ontario (SO) and the Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF) for dissemination at their discretion in cooperation with their municipal partners. Download the RFP here Interested parties can submit questions regarding this proposal no later than May 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Received questions and corresponding answers will be posted on this page on May 25, 2021. Interested parties should submit a proposal no later than May …

RPRA Approves Transition Plan with Conditions that Impact Steward Fees

…ng: The impact of adopting MCD on the in-kind amount paid to participating communities. Perceived competitive impacts of adopting MCD prior to transition. Scope of Stewardship Ontario’s Code of Conduct. Access to Stewardship Ontario’s data. Maintaining program performance. Updating the plan through the course of transition. Provision of information to RPRA. We are reviewing these conditions and will update stakeholders following the completion of …