Issue 7: March 16, 2009

Reminder: Comments on Developing a Revised & Consolidated Waste Diversion Program Plan for Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste in Ontario Sought

Stewardship Ontario held the second of three workshop/webcasts on the development of a revised and consolidated Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) Program Plan.

A background consultation document for this session was posted on the Stewardship Ontario website on March 2nd, 2009.  Stewardship Ontario is seeking comments on the document, or on any of the material presented at the March 4th event.  Please submit comments via the online feedback form by Wednesday, March 18th.

Background
The program for Phase 1 MHSW was launched on July 1, 2008. The Minister’s letter to Waste Diversion Ontario dated July 22, 2008, requested amendments to the Phase 1 program and development of a Phase 2 and Phase 3 program. This revised and consolidated program plan is due to the Minister on July 31st, 2009. Stewardship Ontario hosted a first workshop/webcast in this series on Tuesday, October 28. To complete this consultation in fulfillment of requirements laid out by Waste Diversion Ontario, Stewardship Ontario will host a third and final workshop in mid-May.

For more information about this program: www.stewardshipontario.ca/mhsw.

For additional information about this event contact: Isabelle Faucher ifaucher@stewardshipontario.ca;
416-646-3064.