Proposals are invited for Te Putea Whakamauru
Para - the Waste Minimisation Fund to support projects that increase the reuse,
recovery and recycling of materials.
The purpose of the Waste Minimisation Fund is to boost New
Zealand’s performance in waste minimisation. There is considerable scope to
reduce waste and increase the recovery of useful resources from waste.
The fund invests in a wide-range of projects
from multi-million-dollar infrastructure investments to smaller
hapu/community-centred projects.
Focus Areas
Projects typically focus on at least one of
these areas:
- Research, development and
innovation including feasibility studies
- Development of waste
minimisation infrastructure
- Information, education and
behaviour change
- Data and evaluation
- Community activity
Scope
The scope of the fund includes, but is not
limited to:
- Educational projects that
promote waste minimisation activity;
- Projects that address litter;
- Projects focused on gaining an
understanding of existing waste quantities and composition, behaviour, or
economic incentives, as a precursor to effectively reducing waste and/or
increasing reuse, recycling, and recovery of waste materials;
- The design of targeted product
stewardship schemes to promote and achieve waste minimisation in line with
the Ministry’s strategic priorities.
Funding Information
- Up to $3,000,000
- The minimum grant for
feasibility or scoping studies will be $10,000.00.
- The minimum grant for other
projects will be $50,000.00.
Allocation of Funding
- Approximately $10-12 million is
collected through the levy per year to support waste minimisation projects.
The majority of funding available for projects is allocated through an
annual contestable funding round.
- Fifty per cent of the revenue
earned from the waste levy, minus administration costs, is allocated to
waste minimisation projects through the Waste Minimisation Fund.
Outcomes
- Reduce construction and
demolition waste
- Achieve beneficial outcomes for
organic waste
Eligibility Criteria
- Only waste minimisation
projects are eligible for funding. Projects must promote or achieve waste
minimisation. Waste minimisation covers the reduction of waste and the
reuse, recycling and recovery of waste and diverted material.
- Projects must promote or
achieve new waste minimisation activity, either by implementing new
initiatives or a significant expansion in the scope or coverage of
existing activities.
- Funding is not for the ongoing
financial support of existing activities, nor is it for the running costs
of the existing activities of organisations, individuals, councils or
firms.
- Projects should be for a discrete
timeframe of up to three years, after which the project objectives will
have been achieved and, where appropriate, the initiative will become
self-funding.
- Funding can be for operational
or capital expenditure required to undertake a project.
- For projects where alternative,
more suitable, Government funding streams are available (such as the
Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund or research funding from the Ministry
of Business, Innovation and Employment), applicants should apply to these
funding sources before applying to the Waste Minimisation Fund.
- The applicant must be a legal
entity.
- The fund will not cover the
entire cost of the project. Applicants will need part funding from other
sources.
Post Date - 30-Apr-2021