Blue Box (O. Reg. 391/21)

These Regulations require producers to operate and pay for the collection and reuse, refurbishment and recycling of Blue Box materials. Under the Regulations “blue box material” means material that is: (a) blue box packaging, (b) a paper product, or (c) a packaging-like product. The following are material categories for the purposes of this Regulation: 1. Beverage container material category; 2. Glass material category; 3. Flexible plastic material category; 4. Rigid plastic material category; 5. Metal material category; 6. Paper material category; 7. Certified compostable products and packaging material category. All blue box material shall be assigned to a material category and no blue box material shall be assigned to more than one material category. Regulation 4 identifies “eligible source”; any residence or facility in an eligible community.
Part II plication applies to blue box packaging, paper products and packaging-like products that are blue box material and provides criteria for determination of producer. Part IV establishes that every producer shall establish and operate a collection system in accordance with this Part. Part IV.1 provides that a producer may elect to register a collection system as a supplemental collection system if the producer establishes and operates the system. Part V alternative collection system; a producer may register the establishment and operation of an alternative collection system for one or more material categories of blue box material in accordance with this Part. Part VI management of blue box systems. Part VII is Registration, reporting, auditing and record-keeping. Part VIII Promotion and education.