Deadline: 16-Sep-22
The Taupō District Council has announced the applications for Waste Minimisation Fund.
Purpose
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The purpose of the Taupō District Council Waste Minimisation Fund Grant is to provide individuals, community groups and organisations with the 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.
- If you have been allocated funding, you must read and sign the Terms and Conditions.
What they won’t fund
- Litter pick-ups or materials (please email if you would like to borrow these 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 goals and objectives of the Taupō District Council Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018.
- Individuals funding private projects.
For more information, visit Waste Minimisation Fund.
For more information, visit https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/property-and-rates/rubbish-and-recycling/waste-minimisation/waste-minimisation-fund