Deadline: 31-Mar-25
Taupō District Council is seeking applications to provide individuals, community groups and organisations with the the opportunity to fund initiatives focused on waste minimisation.
Objectives
- Reduce the generation of waste
- Encourage the reuse and recovery of materials
- Divert waste from landfill through reuse, repair, recycling, and composting
- Raise awareness of issues around food waste, single-use plastics, and other wastes
Funding Information
- Grants are available for up to $2,000 from an annual contestable fund of $10,000. The funding comes from the national waste levy, which is set by the Ministry for the Environment (MFE).
What they won’t fund?
- Litter pick-ups or materials.
- Waste disposal services.
- Projects that do not deal with the minimisation of waste produced within the Taupō District.
- Operating costs or projects that are ongoing.
- Projects that are already existing or completed.
- Projects that do not align with the key issues identified in the Taupō District Council Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.
- Individuals funding private projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply you must be an individual, school, business, iwi/Māori group, community group, early childhood centre, or other community-based organisation within the Taupō District.
- Projects must be based within the Taupō District and mainly benefit the Taupō community.
- Projects must contribute to waste minimisation, waste avoidance, the reduction of waste to landfill, and/or the recovery of materials or energy.
- Applicants must demonstrate sound financial responsibility, clear objectives and planning, ways of measuring performance and the success of the project, and reporting this progress.
- The funding granted must be used within one year to see the project to completion or until the project becomes self-funding.
- Eligibility for funding will be discretionary to the Taupō District Council and decisions will be final.
Review Process
- Applications will be reviewed by a panel of Council staff who will assess the most eligible applications according to the following hierarchy:
- Waste minimisation and reduction projects
- Waste reuse projects
- Recycling projects
- Recovery of waste resource projects
For more information, visit Taupō District Council.