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Consultations on Blue Box Program Windup Plan

…r groups during wind up. Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.: Steward community 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.: Municipalities, First Nations communities and the waste management industry Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.: Environment non-government organizations and other stakeholders Please visit the Blue Box Wind Up webpage to learn more and register. The consultation webinars will be an opportunity to review and comment on how Stewardship Ontar…

Residual funds addendum to MHSW Wind Up Plan approved by RPRA

…e approving it in February. Below is an overview of the approved residual funds addendum: Residual funds would be distributed to existing Stewardship Ontario stewards and ISP members who are in good standing. The surplus fund fee reduction methodology will be utilized to determine each steward’s share of residual funds in each material category. Stewardship Ontario will distribute residual funds directly to its registered stewards. Stewardship Ont…

Webinar: Fee reduction process for MHSW battery stewards

…Special Waste (MHSW) Wind Up Plan, beginning with the wind up of the single-use battery program by June 30, 2020. We invite battery stewards to attend an information webinar on January 27, 2020 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. to review the following: Overview of the of the fee reduction process for batteries Timelines and initial estimates of fee reduction disbursement Information and timelines regarding final invoices Overview of Steward Rules in relation t…

MHSW Wind Up Plan Approved

…ing a consultation webinar on Stewardship Ontario’s proposal for residual funds on January 22, 2020. Click here to register. Once the consultations are complete, the Stewardship Ontario Board of Directors will review the proposal before it is sent to RPRA for assessment and approval no later than February 29, 2020. Other Conditions If required by RPRA, Stewardship Ontario will update the plan to address operational and implementation issues. Stewa…

Stewardship Ontario’s Proposed MHSW Wind Up Plan Submitted to RPRA

… to its consultations with stakeholders — please check the RPRA and Stewardship Ontario websites for updates. The Minister anticipates RPRA will approve the plan no later than December 31, 2019. Upon wind up, materials collected under the MHSW Program will be managed according to an individual producer responsibility framework under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. Please email mhswwindup@stewardshipontario.ca if you have any …

Changes to the MHSW Common Cost Allocation Methodology

… Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program Plan that changes how common costs are allocated to the MHSW material categories to determine steward costs. As such, Stewardship Ontario is implementing changes to its Common Cost Allocation (CCA) methodology, which will be reflected in steward invoices issued in October 2019. Click here for more information on the changes to the CCA methodology. Click here to view RPRA’s amendment to the MHSW …

Stewardship Ontario receives Minister’s direction letter to begin Blue Box transition

…ox Program. The first communities will be transitioned beginning January 1, 2023, with the entire province operating under the new framework by December 31, 2025. Minister’s direction letter to Stewardship Ontario, August 15, 2019 Minister’s direction letter to RPRA, August 15, 2019 The direction letter aligns with the report from Ontario’s Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste that was released August 6, 2019. The letter identifies a num…

Blue Box Transition

…ting under the new framework by December 31, 2025. After the transition is completed, Stewardship Ontario will be wound up as an organization. Approval and Implementation In December 2020, the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) approved, with conditions, the Blue Box Transition Plan submitted by Stewardship Ontario. Stewardship Ontario continues to work with RPRA on plans to satisfy the conditions that remain. On July 1, 2023, the…

Annual Reports and Regulatory Filings

…es with Circular Materials for the duration of the Stewardship Ontario wind-up period. PDF View Online › Download Now › (5.65 MB) Past Annual Reports 2022 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report View Online › Download Now › 2021 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report View Online › Download Now › 2020 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report View Online › Download Now › 2019 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report View Online › Download Now › 2018 Stewardship Ontario Annu…