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Waste Minimisation Fund - now closed
The Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF) has been set up to boost New Zealand’s performance in waste minimisation.
It will help fund waste minimisation projects that will increase resource efficiency, increase reuse, recovery and recycling, and decrease waste to landfill. Lifting our performance in recovering economic value from waste also provides environmental, social and cultural benefits, and reduces the risks of harm from waste.
Only projects that promote or achieve waste minimisation are eligible for funding. This includes educational projects that promote waste minimisation activity.
Criteria for the WMF has been set by the Minister for the Environment and notified in the Gazette on 8 October 2009.
The purpose of the WMF is to provide some of the funding to ensure that:
- investment in infrastructure and systems for waste minimisation occurs
- educational and promotional capacity is developed.
The WMF operates an annual funding round, in which the Ministry calls for applications for funding.
Funding from the WMF is allocated to selected projects following consideration of applications received during the funding round.
The Minister for the Environment makes the final decision about which projects will receive funding.
What you need to know
Last updated: 1 March 2010
