Invoices and Payments
Invoices for the subsequent year, along with instructions on how to access the invoices, are emailed to both the primary and billing contacts on January 1.
Payments for the 2021 obligation year are payable in equal installments as follows:
- 1st payment: January 31, 2022
- 2nd payment: April 30, 2022
- 3rd payment: July 31, 2022
- 4th payment: October 31, 2022
Stewards who fail to pay their invoices by the dates specified above may be subject to penalty and interest payable in accordance with the MMSM Steward Rules.
Stewards that are required to file a report but are exempt from payment because the kilograms generated fees less than $250 will not receive an invoice.
*GST Ruling*
MMSM has been advised to collect and remit GST on steward fees, until such time as a ruling on GST is obtained from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Penalties and Interest
Penalties and Interest Charges for 2022 Rules
| Steward Action | Penalties and Interest Charges Assessed | Effective date of penalty charge |
| Steward fails to file a Report to MMSM by May 31, 2022 | Penalty of 10% may be assessed on the amount due and payable as of the date the Steward files its Steward’s Report. | June 1, 2022 |
| Steward fails to pay fees in full by deadlines outlined in Appendix C of the Rules | ||
| Steward Deadline | Due date | Start date of interest charges |
| First payment due (25% of 2022 Obligation) | January 31, 2022 | February 1, 2022 |
| Second payment due (25% of 2022 Obligation) | April 30, 2022 | May 1, 2022 |
| Third payment due (25% of 2022 Obligation) | July 31, 2022 | August 1, 2022 |
| Fourth payment due (25% of 2022 Obligation) | October 31, 2022 | November 1, 2022 |
Setting Fees
Materials from the 2021 Annual Steward Meeting
Thank you to those of you who joined us for the 2021 Annual Steward Meeting! We hope that you found the information helpful in understanding the 2022 fees and your obligations. Resources from the 2021 meeting are linked below:
Report to Stewards
2021 ASM Presentation
2021 ASM Webinar Recording
2022 Draft National Provincial Material Fee Rates
Fee Rate Cause of Change
Q&A
2022 MMSM Four-Step Fee Model
Material Category Consultation – Recycle BC, MMSW and MMSM are initiating a steward consultation on proposed changes to reporting categories used by stewards. More information is available in the presentation about the proposed changes delivered at the ASM and a Workbook is available.
Table of Fees
To determine their contributions, most Stewards are required to file Steward’s Reports with MMSM and pay fees based on an applicable fee schedule. The fees are calculated on a per-material basis in each program year and automatically programmed within the online reporting system.
Four-Step Fee Methodology
The Four-Step Fee Methodology was approved in 2016 following extensive steward consultation.
Fee methodologies are an allocation tool used to determine each material’s share of the total amount stewards must pay to finance recycling programs for packaging and printed paper. Each year, material fee rates (expressed in cents per kilogram) are determined by dividing the allocated dollar amount for a material by the number of supplied tonnes of that material.
Click here to learn more about how the Four-Step Fee Methodology works.
