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Upcoming Final Single-use Battery Steward Invoices and Fee Reductions

…cial reconciliations related to the single-use battery program will not be completed until the MHSW Program fully winds up on June 30, 2021. Resolution of final MHSW Program and financial obligations will require a few months to complete following the termination of the MHSW Program. If there are residual funds remaining in the program once all program financial obligations have been resolved, single-use battery stewards will be eligible to receiv…

MECP releases draft Blue Box regulations

…ation for the Blue Box Program under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 and proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 101/94. The proposed regulation makes producers responsible for providing collection services to local communities, managing blue box materials and establishing targets to increase diversion rates, tackling plastic waste and protecting the environment. Feedback on these regulations is due to the MECP by December 3…

Single-use Battery Program Final Invoice Delay and Financial Update Webinar Materials

…d fee reductions and the process for returning residual funds. The webinar materials are now available on the MHSW wind up webpage under ‘Single-use Battery Program Wind Up – June 30, 2020’. Final Single-use Battery Steward Invoices Delayed As noted during the webinar, Stewardship Ontario is waiting for resolution of a potentially significant steward adjustment. This means we need to delay issuance of the September 30 final steward invoices to all…

FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR STEWARDS REGISTERED WITH STEWARDSHIP ONTARIO’S MHSW PROGRAM

… The Stewardship Ontario Board has reviewed finances in light of the recent Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) approval of the Industry Stewardship Organization (ISO) Surplus Fund Transfer Addendum and has set initial fee reduction schedules for some MHSW materials. Please visit the MHSW Wind Up webpage for more information. …

ISO SURPLUS FUND TRANSFER ADDENDUM TO MHSW WIND UP PLAN APPROVED BY RPRA

… shall be updated to apply a reserve share allocation methodology based on current membership and market share using reported tonnage supplied to the Ontario market in the last full year. The Addendum shall be updated with respect to how tonnage is attributed to stewards: the reserve share allocation methodology used to determine the SO-ISO share of a material reserve attribute tonnage supplied by a steward who has transitioned to an ISP during th…

2019 Stewardship Ontario Annual Report

… are beginning to implement a multitude of changes brought on by the Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016, and the province’s move toward a circular economy and full producer responsibility. We are pleased to share with you our 2019 multi-stakeholder Annual Report where you can learn more about these changes, as well as Stewardship Ontario’s partnerships, recycling initiatives, performance and financial stability. 2019 Highlights: Blue Box Program had a 6…

MHSW Single-use battery program winds up June 30, 2020

…d service providers: June 30, 2020: Single-use battery program terminates. Materials collected by June 30, 2020 are eligible for transportation and processing incentives. Municipalities are eligible for single-use battery related incentives (depot hours and collection events). All Orange Drop branding should be removed from collection sites. Battery depot hour payments end. July 15, 2020: Deadline for pick-up of single-use batteries that were coll…

Stewardship Ontario’s 2019 Annual Report

… are beginning to implement a multitude of changes brought on by the Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016, and the province’s move toward a circular economy and full producer responsibility. We are pleased to share with you our 2019 multi-stakeholder Annual Report where you can learn more about these changes, as well as Stewardship Ontario’s partnerships, recycling initiatives, performance and financial stability. 2019 Highlights: Blue Box Program had a 6…

Consultation on the Material Cost Differentiation Methodology

…logy, it will allocate the gross cost of the recycling system (the largest component of a program’s annual budget) to all designated materials and will affect all stewards. It is principle-based and measures cost impacts in a fair and consistent way. The methodology will generate a Material Cost Index (MCI) that assigns a value to each material that expresses its cost impact on recycling system activities relative to all other materials. The lower…

Blue Box Transition Plan Consultation Materials

…December 31, 2020. Stewardship Ontario consulted with stakeholders on its Blue Box Transition Plan proposals on June 16 and 17, 2020. Consultation materials can be found on the Blue Box Transition Plan webpage here. …