2024 Municipal Funding Allocation Model finalized

Published on: Dec 4, 2023 Go back to the Latest News Archive

RPRA has finalized the Municipal Funding Allocation Model (MFAM) for 2024. The MFAM is used to distribute funding from stewards to municipalities, First Nation communities, and recycling associations that operate programs under Stewardship Ontario’s Blue Box Program Plan. The allocated municipal share of the 2024 Blue Box Steward Funding Obligation is $84.8 million.

Municipalities can find their 2024/25 payments on the Blue Box Program page.

How will this impact programs transitioning to the new Blue Box Regulation?

For programs that are transitioning in 2024, the reported net cost of a program is calculated by using the number of days the program will be active in the 2024 year, divided by the total number of days in the year.

Payment installments have also been changed for programs that are transitioning. Municipalities will receive checks up to the date they transition, with a final installment being paid out after the transition date.

Changes to the number of payment installments will not lower the amount of funding. For example, a program transitioning on July 1, 2024, will have a payout for the total net cost of operating its Blue Box program for 182 days and receive two installments, in June 2024 and September 2024.