Beyond the Headlines: Context on Ontario's Proposed Blue Box Changes

Beyond the Headlines: Context on Ontario’s Proposed Blue Box Changes

Published Online: July 24, 2025

Written by: Rachel Kagan (Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council)

"The Ontario government recently proposed amendments to the province’s Blue Box Regulation, triggering swift reactions from stakeholders. As the environmental voice of Canada’s paper packaging industry, the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) believes it’s important to move beyond reactionary narratives and look at the facts. Instead of pointing fingers or pitting stakeholders against one another, PPEC’s latest blog aims to provide context to help inform a more productive conversation.

What’s Being Proposed?
The Ontario government proposed amendments to the Blue Box Regulation and the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act. At a high level, some of the objectives of the changes are to improve data collection, delay recovery targets, and focus the collection of Blue Box materials from residential sources by removing planned expansions to long-term care and retirement homes, schools, and public spaces. ..."

Read the full blog post here.