Local Government Waste Solutions Fund

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Local Government Waste Solutions Fund

Funding Providers

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

Location

NSW

Funding Type

Cash grant G15256

Primary Category

Environment

Eligible to

  • Unincorporated Groups
  • Local Governments
  • Not-for-Profits
  • Businesses

Funding

Amount (max): $400,000
Total pool: $10,000,000

Round(s)

  • Opened 30-Sep-2024 Closes 12-Dec-2024

Purpose

The Local Government Waste Solutions Fund will encourage a transition through supporting innovative waste and recycling solutions designed in collaboration with partners to achieve impactful projects with long-term outcomes.

Overview

The new $10 million Local Government Waste Solutions Fund aims to:

  • support NSW local councils, collaborations of councils, and regional waste groups in the levy paying areas to deliver innovative waste and recycling solutions to their communities that support transition towards a circular economy and contribute to achieving NSW Government’s waste priorities and targets
  • facilitate collaboration, knowledge-sharing and partnerships to assist NSW local councils to transition to a circular economy and have long-term impacts 
  • support local councils to share the findings and resources of funded projects.

Available funding

A project delivered by an individual council has a maximum funding limit of $200,000 (excluding GST).

A project delivered by a regional waste group, or a collaboration of local councils has a maximum funding limit of $400,000 (excluding GST).

A project must involve at least two local councils from the levy-paying area to be eligible for the maximum funding limit of $400,000 (excluding GST).

Limitations

Eligible organisations

The following organisations are eligible to lead projects and apply for the Local Government Waste Solutions Fund grants:

  • local councils that pay waste levies in the regulated area. These are the 42 councils in the metropolitan levy area (MLA) and the 19 councils in the regional levy area (RLA). The names of these councils are defined by the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation
  • regional waste groups of councils in the Greater Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra regions that are supported by the EPA Regional Coordination Support Program
  • voluntary regional waste groups in the RLA, supported by the EPA Regional Coordination Support Program.

Organisations that are not eligible to apply may partner with an eligible organisation to deliver the project . However, the lead applicant must be an eligible organisation.

An eligible organisation can only be the lead applicant for one grant application per round.

Applications / Guidelines

Application methods: Online

Contact Details

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