As part of the Material Cost Differentiation (MCD) methodology review process, on Monday, July 28, 2025, Circular Materials, Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (MMSM), SK Recycles, Recycle BC and Éco Entreprises Québec held an engagement session to share updated draft reporting categories for producers’ input and feedback.

All producer responsibility organizations (PROs), including Éco Entreprises Québec, are aiming to harmonize producer reporting nationally – with the goal of 80-90% alignment.

The engagement session materials are available below.

• Engagement Session Presentation

As part of the engagement session, producers were invited to share feedback on the updated draft reporting categories by August 22, 2025. The feedback supported our collective goal to harmonize producer reporting nationally. Following review of the feedback, we are pleased to share the New Harmonized National Reporting Categories. For more information, including definitions, category mapping and FAQs, please click here.

The 2024 Annual Producer Meeting (APM) was held on Thursday, October 24.

The 2024 APM shared program updates and 2025 budgets and fees for Circular Materials programs in New Brunswick and Alberta, Stewardship Ontario, Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba, Multi-Material Stewardship Western (SK Recycles) and Recycle BC. The Report to Producers, presentation file and webinar replay are available below. Due to the competitive environment, Circular Materials in Ontario fees are shared directly with registered Ontario producers through the WeRecycle Portal.

WEBINAR RESOURCES: LINKS AND DOWNLOADS

• Download the 2024 Report to Producers*
• 2024 APM Presentation*
• 2024 APM Webinar Recording*
• Fee Rate Cause of Change – graphs have been developed to illustrate the factors driving changes from 2024 to 2025. Files for each program include all materials: Circular Materials in New Brunswick, MMSM, MMSW, Recycle BC
• 2025 Circular Materials Alberta Fee Rates
• 2025 National Material Fee Rates

* Please note, following the APM webinar and Report to Producers publication in October 2024, Recycle BC announced a reduction in the 2025 fee budget in December 2024. For more information on these fee changes visit the Recycle BC website. The Recycle BC fee rate cause of change graphs and national material fee rates documents above have been updated to reflect these changes.

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

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

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.

Each program has conducted a comprehensive review of the program Rules, Membership Agreements and associated policies to improve clarity and harmonization. This webinar will review the rationale for the proposed updates and how they will impact stewards. Stewards will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed changes.

• Click here to access the materials from the PPP and MHSW webinars.

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.

Links and Downloads

• Pre-read document
• Webinar recording
• Presentations
• Material Cost Differentiation Video (by request)
• Q&A Document

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. 

Links and Downloads

• Consultation Pre-Read Document

• Webinar recording
• Presentation
• Q&A document
• Consultation Report on the Proposed New Fee Methodology

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.

Links and Downloads

• Webinar – click here to view the webinar
  
  • Presentations – click here to view the presentations
• Pre-read document – Click here to view the pre-read
• Q&A – click here to view the Q&A
• Videos of presentations:
  
  • Maria Kelleher, Kelleher Environmental – The Changing Nature of Packaging and Paper in the Recycling Cart, and the Impact on the System
  • Albino Metauro, Green by Nature EPR – Smart Design for Recycling Supply Chains
  • Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling – Insights Into Recycling Commodity Markets

On March 17, 2015, CSSA held a webinar to provide updates to stakeholders on:

• Changes to the MMSW and MMBC Membership Agreements, and the Stewardship Ontario Rules for 2015
• The new fee-setting methodology review project

Links and Downloads

• Presentation – click here to view the presentation
• Q&A – click here to download the Q&A

Preparing for your 2014 Steward Reports Webinar – March 20, 2014CSSA’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.

Links and Downloads

• Presentations – click here to view the presentations
• Pre-read document – click here to download the pre-read document
• Q&A – click here to view the Q&A

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 signaled 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.