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…f the 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…

…it winds up the programs, with the MHSW Program winding up on September 30, 2021, and the Blue Box Program concluding on December 31, 2025, consistent with the plans for both programs previously approved by the Authority. “I would like to thank all the directors who have served on the Stewardship Ontario Board for their service to the organization and the broader steward community,” said Robyn Collver, former Chair of the Stewardship Ontario Board…

On March 31, 2021, the Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) approved Stewardship Ontario’s Plan to Further Mitigate Conflict of Interest and Undue Commercial Advantage, as outlined in Condition #2 of Stewardship Ontario’s approved Blue Box Program Transition Plan. The approved plan outlines three key measures: Two new policies related to the segregation of select CSSA staff and prohibitions on solicitation of Stewardship Ontario stew…

… relevant Guidebook information and the new Reporting Hub is available for online guidance on collecting material data. The latest versions of the Guidebook for Stewards and Steward Lists, a Portal User Guide and other resources are available on the 2021 Reporting Resources page on the CSSA website. There will be reporting webinars on February 24 and 25 – the first is designed for new reporters and the second for more experienced reporters. Stewar…

…ethodology alone, without MCD. We encourage you to review the new, approved 2021 steward fee schedule here. We understand that many of you will have already set your 2021 budgets based on the fees presented at the ASM, and we regret any inconvenience this change may have caused. Stewardship Ontario will be reviewing RPRA’s reasons for the deferral of MCD and will be responding with a plan that aims to implement MCD in 2022. Other conditions for RP…

…an. With RPRA’s condition to defer MCD, we had to recalculate 2021 fees using the Four-Step Fee Methodology and ABC Methodology alone, without MCD. We encourage you to review the new, approved 2021 steward fee schedule. 2021 Blue Box Steward Rules The 2021 Blue Box Steward Rules have been updated to reflect recent policy updates. 2021 Steward Rules …