Waste Minimisation Fund
The Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF) has been set up to boost New Zealand’s performance in waste minimisation.
The WMF 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 was 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 two funding rounds each year, in which the Ministry calls for applications for funding.
Funding 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.
Information about the third funding round
The third funding round of the WMF closed at 5pm Monday 12 September 2011. Applications received by the Ministry after this time will not be considered for funding through this round of the WMF. The key dates and events associated with this round can be found here.
Information about the second funding round
The second funding round of the WMF closed on 1 March 2011. Round two was oversubscribed by 173 percent, with 63 applications requesting a total of $26m in funding. All applications were assessed against the eligibility and assessment criteria, the purpose of the WMF and on their merit compared with all other applications.
The Ministry has invited a selection of applicants to proceed to Stage II. Information on applications funded under round two will be made available here upon successful completion of project planning activities by all Stage II applicants.
Information about the first funding round
The first annual funding round for the WMF closed on 1 March 2010. A total of 163 eligible applications were received, requesting approximately $55 million against an available amount of $6 million.
Over twenty projects are currently underway from this round.
More information about these projects are listed here.
What you need to know
Last updated: 14 September 2011
