Stewardship Ontario is Ontario’s first Industry Funding Organization (IFO), created in late 2002 in response to a request from the Ontario Minister of Environment to Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) to submit a waste diversion program for Blue Box wastes. As per Sections 23 and 24 of the Waste Diversion Act, 2002 the WDO directed that an IFO be incorporated. As a result, Stewardship Ontario Inc. applied for incorporation on November 6, 2002.

The Founding Members of Stewardship Ontario, represented on the Board of Directors are: the Food and Consumer Products Manufacturers of Canada (FCPMC), the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD), Refreshments Canada, the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), the Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA), the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association (CCSPA), the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA).

Stewardship Ontario
Toronto Ontario
Canada