Annual Producer Meetings

The 2023 Annual Producer Meeting (APM, formerly Annual Steward Meeting) was held on Tuesday, October 24.

The APM provides updates on packaging and paper EPR in Canada and reviews 2024 budgets and fees for Circular Materials New Brunswick, Stewardship Ontario, MMSM, MMSW and Recycle BC. The Report to Producers, presentation file and webinar replay are available below.

WEBINAR RESOURCES: LINKS AND DOWNLOADS

• Download the 2023 Report to Producers
• 2023 APM Presentation
• 2023 APM Webinar Recording
• Q&A
• Fee Rate Cause of Change – graphs have been developed to illustrate the factors driving changes from 2023 to 2024. Files for each program include all materials: MMSM, MMSW, Recycle BC
• 2024 National Material Fee Rates

The 2022 Annual Steward Meeting for Packaging and Paper Stewards was held on Wednesday, October 26, via Zoom. Resources and related documents are linked below:

Webinar Resources: Links and Downloads

• Download the 2022 Report to Stewards
• 2022 ASM Presentation
• 2022 ASM Webinar Recording
• Q&A
• Fee Rate Cause of Change – graphs have been developed to illustrate the factors driving changes from 2022 to 2023. Files from each program include all materials: MMSM, MMSW, Recycle BC

The 2021 Annual Steward Meeting for packaging and paper stewards took place on Wednesday, October 27. Resources from the 2021 meeting are linked below:

Webinar Resources: Links and Downloads

• Report to Stewards
• 2021 ASM presentation
• 2021 ASM webinar recording
• Q&A
• 2022 Material Fee Rates – this Excel file maps 2022 material fee rates with program material categories in a user-friendly format.
• Fee Rate Cause of Change – graphs have been developed to illustrate the factors driving changes from 2021 to 2022. Files from each program include all materials
  • Stewardship Ontario
  • MMSM
  • MMSW
  • Recycle BC
• Material Category Consultation – MMSM, MMSW and Recycle BC are initiating a steward consultation on proposed changes to reporting categories used by stewards. More information is available in the presentation about proposed changes delivered at the ASM and Workbook is available.

The 2020 Annual Steward Meeting for Packaging and Paper stewards took place on Wednesday, October 21. Resources from the 2020 meeting are linked below:

Links and Downloads

• Reporting to Stewards
• 2020 ASM presentation
• Q&A
• 2021 Material Fee Rates – this Excel file maps 2021 material fee rates with program material categories in a user-friendly format.

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, we held an information webinar to introduce stakeholders to the Material Cost Differentiation (MCD) Methodology and its results. The consultation materials are available on the MCD web page.

The 2019 Annual Steward Meeting (ASM) was held on Thursday, October 24. The ASM provides stewards with updates on packaging and paper recycling program performance along with next year’s program budgets and material fee rates. Resources from the webinar are linked below:

Links and Downloads

• Download the Report to Stewards (also known as the pre-read)
• Download the presentation
• View the webinar
• 2020 Material Fee Rates Data File
• Read the Q&A

The 2018 Annual Steward Meeting (ASM) was held on Wednesday, October 24. The ASM provides stewards with updates on packaging and paper recycling program performance along with next year’s program budgets and material fee rates. Resources from the webinar are linked below:

Links and Downloads

• Download the Report to Stewards (also known as the pre-read)
• View the presentation
• View the webinar
• Read the Q&A

The Annual Steward Meeting (ASM) is held on behalf of partner PPP stewardship programs to keep stewards informed about program performance and next year’s program budgets and fees. The 2017 meeting a keynote address on recycling and the circular economy by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. Resources from the webinar are linked below:

Links and Downloads

• Download the Report to Stewards (also known as the pre-read)
• View the presentation
• View the webinar
• Read the Q&A

Thank you to those of you who joined us at the 2016 Annual Steward Meeting! We hope you found the meeting informative and useful. Below are the materials from the meeting.

We invite you to submit feedback on the contents and information provided to you before and during the meeting (for example, information within the pre-read, during the presentations, etc.). A feedback period will run until Friday, November 25, 2016. Any comments can be submitted to info@cssalliance.ca before this date.

Feedback on MMSM’s billing alignment (page 12 of the pre-read) can be submitted before Monday, November 14, 2016 to kmelnychuk@stewardshipmanitoba.ca.

For those of you who attended the meeting either by webinar or in person, we’d love to hear about your experience! Please complete our anonymous short survey to help us improve future meetings.

A consultation meeting regarding the new proposed fee methodology for packaging and printed paper (PPP) stewardship programs was held on April 21, 2016.

Over the past year, a dedicated group of stewards, known as the Steward Consultation Committee (SCC), have developed a proposed new fee methodology for packaging and printed paper that takes a principle-based approach, is easy to understand, fair, and able to stand the test of time. The proposed fee methodology has been developed by stewards for stewards in order to respond to concerns that the existing methodology is too complex, difficult to understand and may be unfair to certain material categories.

We invite you to email your feedback on the proposed fee methodology to jjames@cssalliance.ca by May 20, 2016. 

Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) and our family of recycling organizations held their third annual national meeting for stewards of packaging and printed paper programs in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia on October 29, 2015.

CSSA’s Second Annual National Meeting for Stewards of Packaging and Printed Paper Programs in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) and our family of recycling organizations held their second annual national meeting for stewards of packaging and printed paper programs in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia on October 15, 2014.

At the meeting, stewards heard about:

• CSSA’s accomplishments over the past year including cost savings realized through harmonization;
• Year-over-year program performance and the factors driving costs for Stewardship Ontario and Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba;
• Implementation status for the new MMSW program in Saskatchewan;
• 2015 Material Fee Schedules for SO, MMSM, MMSW and MMBC;
• What’s happening in other provinces that have signalled their intent to implement packaging and paper EPR programs

If you have any questions, please email: stewards@cssalliance.ca or call 1-888-980-9549.

CSSA’s Annual National Meeting for Stewards of Packaging and Printed Paper Programs in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia.

Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA) and our family of recycling organizations held their first annual national meeting for stewards of packaging and printed paper programs in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia on October 31, 2013.

At the meeting, stewards heard about:

• CSSA’s harmonization imperative and our progress to date
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program performance metrics for packaging and printed paper
• How the blue box programs in Ontario and Manitoba have performed year-over-year against those metrics, and the factors that are driving system costs for those programs and stewards’ obligations for 2014
• MMBC’s program plan implementation status in BC, what distinguishes it from the other packaging and printed paper programs, expected costs in Year 1 and its members’ obligations for 2014
• The 2014 Material Fee Schedules for Stewardship Ontario, Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba and Multi-Material British Columbia
• The latest news on the household packaging and paper program in Saskatchewan
• What’s happening in other provinces that have signalled interest in implementing packaging and printed paper EPR programs

If you have any questions, please email: stewards@cssalliance.ca or call 1-888-980-9549.