Blue box producer responsibility organizations must now report detailed cost and pricing data in annual reports

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Producer responsibility organizations (PROs) operating under Ontario's blue box program must now include four new categories of financial information in their annual reports: total costs related to producer agreements, cost-per-tonne figures for both collection and material management (broken down by blue box material category), and a full description of the cost methodology and fee schedules used to charge producer clients. A one-time catch-up report covering the 2023, 2024, and 2025 calendar years must be submitted to the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority no later than December 31, 2026. The per-producer reporting requirement that previously applied to all annual report information now applies only to the original weight-based data items, not the new cost items. Notably, the new cost and pricing data will not be posted publicly on the Registry, so it will remain confidential with the Authority.

Who this affects: producer responsibility organizations (PROs) · blue box producers · processors registered under the blue box program · Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority