Blue Box (O. Reg. 391/21) Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Ontario Document type Regulation Date 2021 (2023) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Business/industry/corporations Liability/compensation Data collection/reporting Education Packaging/labelling Monitoring Registration Recycling/reuse Solid waste Waste disposal Waste prevention Classification/declassification Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract 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. Full text English Website www.ontario.ca References - Legislation Implements Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (S.O. 2016, c. 12, Sch. 1). Legislation | Canada | 2016 (2021) Keyword: Basic legislation, Pollution control, Public health, Emissions, Climate change, Hazardous substances, Education, Consumer protection, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Waste disposal, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Institution, Monitoring, Solid waste, Waste prevention, Policy/planning, Environmental planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX