Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Horowhenua Waste Minimisation Grant is available to aid the start-up costs of a project that minimises waste in the Horowhenua District.
This Waste Minimisation and Management Plan (WMMP) sets out how the Council will progress efficient and effective waste management and minimisation in the Horowhenua District. It paves the way forward, considering current policy and legal framework and the Horowhenua District vision, with an overarching suite of guiding goals and objectives.
Project values should align with the vison, goals and objectives from their Waste Management and Minimisation Plan which is:
- To avoid creating waste.
- To make it easy and safe to recycle.
- To ensure households and businesses have access to appropriate disposal of residual waste.
- To create opportunities for the Horowhenua District – community partnerships, jobs, new products, more efficient businesses.
- To reduce illegal dumping.
- To improve community understanding of issues and opportunities for waste minimisation and management in the Horowhenua District.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications must clearly demonstrate a link to at least one or more of the following criteria:
- Reduction of waste at the initial source of a waste stream.
- Recapture and reuse of products/waste streams.
- Improve recycling, through reprocessing waste materials to produce new products, or increasing ease of recycling for residents and/or businesses.
- Recapture and redistribution of food waste.
- Composting of organic waste and green waste.
- Implementation of a product stewardship programme with government accreditation for a priority product.
For more information, visit https://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/CommunityPlaces/Grants-Community-Funding/Council-Facilitated-Grants/Waste-Minimisation-Grant