Taupō District Council’s Waste Minimisation Grant Program (New Zealand)

Deadline: 30-Sep-2024

Submissions are now open for the Taupō District Council’s Waste Minimisation Grant Program.

The purpose of the Taupō District Council Waste Minimisation Fund Grant is to provide individuals, community groups and organisations with the opportunity to fund initiatives that:

• 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.

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.

What they don’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.

For more information, visit Taupō District Council.