The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Scrap Together grants support councils, or groups of councils, to deliver community education to maximise the efficiency of existing food and garden organics (FOGO) services.

Total of $340,000; individual grants of up to $15,000. Groups of councils submitting a joint application could apply for up to $15,000 for each participating council.

The objectives of the Scrap Together grant program are to help households use the service well, including:

• increasing awareness that all food waste can be placed into the FOGO bin
• increasing the likelihood of people placing their food waste in the FOGO bin rather than the red lid bin.

Applicants must:

• be a NSW Council. Eligible councils may wish to apply as a group and have a regional project co-ordinated (and grant submitted and administered) by a regional waste group, joint or regional organisation of councils. Councils are not eligible to apply for individual funding as well as part of a joint project
• have an existing FOGO service that has been in place for at least 12 months before the application close. For group projects, all participating councils must meet this requirement
• ensure the collected FOGO is processed at a suitably licenced facility
• use the Scrap Together education materials. Examples of resources can be found at www.scraptogether.com.au
• ensure education/communications are delivered for a minimum of four months (this could be a continuous four months or broken into waves. Planning and reporting activities are in addition to the delivery period)
• include in their project as a minimum:
  • content delivered via council owned channels e.g. council's website, social media, truck delivery, council newsletters, information in the rates notice
  • content delivered via non council channels e.g. articles or ads in local newspapers, radio, community newsletters
• if developing new material (including updating existing materials):
  • use the key messages and Scrap Together design in the development of any new education material according to the Scrappy Little Style Guide on scraptogether.com.au
  • ensure they are approved by the EPA before finalisation or use
  • enable them to be used by other councils once it's been tested.
• submit the grant application using the SmartyGrants Platform by 4pm 29 April 2025.

• Phone: (02) 9995 6890
• Email: organics.grants@epa.nsw.gov.au