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Waste Minimisation funding

Applying for funding

Waste minimisation funding is available each year for initiatives in our schools, work places and communities that reduce the impacts of waste in our region.

Funding amount and criteria

To boost locally-led projects that reduce waste to landfill, we have $20,000 with 3 funding options:

  • up to $5,000 to support school/ECE based waste solutions and or community education,
  • up to $5,000 to expand existing projects with new waste minimisation activities, and
  • up to $10,000 for trialing and supporting first time applicants to engage in waste minimisation innovation projects.

The maximum allocation per applicant per year is $5,000 (GST incl). Fund recipients must provide project updates in writing at the midway and end of the project.

The aim of the funding is to enhance local waste minimisation efforts and achieve goals in our Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.

Apply for funding for new waste minimisation initiatives

Applications open each year in December and close at the end of February.

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Glossary of waste terms

Waste

  • anything disposed of or discarded
  • a type of waste that's defined by its composition or source, for example organic waste, electronic waste or construction and demolition waste
  • any component or element of diverted material, if the component or element is disposed of or discarded.

Waste minimisation

  • the reduction of waste
  • the reuse, recycling and recovery of waste and diverted material.

Diverted material

  • anything that's no longer required for its original purpose and, but for commercial or other waste minimisation activities, would be disposed of or discarded.

Reduction

  • lessening waste generation, including by using products more efficiently or by redesigning products
  • lessening waste generation in relation to the product.

Reuse

  • the further use of waste or diverted material in its existing form for the original purpose of the materials or products that constitute the waste or diverted material, or for a similar purpose.

Recycling

  • the reprocessing of waste or diverted material to produce new materials.

Recovery

  • extraction of materials or energy from waste or diverted material for further use or processing
  • making waste or diverted material into compost