About Voluntary Remitters

A remitter is a company that has signed a Stewardship Ontario approved agreement with an obligated steward and Stewardship Ontario, where the remitters pays fees on material that the steward is obligated to report and pay on. The remitter is not the brand owner or first importer of these products into Ontario (i.e., not the legally obligated steward for these products).

The decision to enter into an agreement is between the steward and the remitter. It is entirely voluntary and Stewardship Ontario does not compel any company to sign such an agreement.  However, if a steward and a remitter make the decision to enter into an agreement then it must be done through a Voluntary Remitter’s Agreement, with signed authorization from Stewardship Ontario. 


Note: Remitters must file a separate report for each company with which they have a remitter’s agreement.

The Voluntary Remitter's Agreement can be filled out electronically, but page 10 must be filled out by hand:
 

1. Download form (PDF)
    
2. Save to your computer
    
3. Complete required fields
    
4. Print the form and complete page 10 by hand
    
5. Mail three original signed copies of the document to 1 St. Clair Ave. West, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada M4V 1K6
    
6. Stewardship Ontario will authorize the agreement by signing the three documents and sending a copy back to the steward and the remitter. The third signed copy will be retained by Stewardship Ontario.

For more information please contact Steward Services by phone 1-888-288-3360
/416-323-0101 or via email  werecycle@stewardshipontario.ca.

For information regarding the cancellation of your Remitter’s Agreement, please refer to section 5.0 of the Voluntary Remitter's Agreement. Stewardship Ontario asks that both parties send notification to werecycle@stewardshipontario.ca when the decision to cancel an agreement is made.