Waste Minimisation Fund
Each year Waipā District Council has $40,000 available to support projects that rethink, reduce and reuse waste.
The fund is provided to Council by the Ministry for the Environment from the Waste Levy.
Previous successful applicants range from beeswax wrap workshops to community composting facilities.
Apply to the fund
The Waste Minimisation Community Fund is offered annually, with the next round opening on 7 June 2021. Application forms will be available from early-June 2021.
Who can apply?
The fund can support individuals, community groups, businesses, Iwi/Māori organisations and education providers who want to deliver a waste minimisation project for their community in the Waipā district.
Need a steer on your idea?
Got a great idea for a waste minimisation project, but want to chat about it with an expert? Email Sally Fraser, Council's Waste Minimisation Officer, to chat about your idea: sally.fraser@waipadc.govt.nz
Fund recipients 2020
Recipient | Project |
Mighty River Domain | The installation of contactless water refill stations at Mighty River Domain. |
Cambridge Primary School | Supporting the school’s annual zero waste gala. |
Little Thinkers | Installing an 100 per cent pest-proof community composting system at the kindergarten. |
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce | Project to help businesses reduce their office waste. |
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce | Sponsorship of Waste Minimisation Award in Waipa Networks Business Awards. |
Lylie Mallek | Workshops in Te Awamutu focussing on menu planning to reduce food waste. |
Kate Meads | Kate Meads Food Lovers Master Class in Cambridge. |
Cambridge Community House | Shelving to show and store second-hand uniforms as part of uniform repair and re-sell project. |
Little Thinkers | Contribution towards purchasing of modern cloth nappies. |
Te Awamutu Māori Women’s Welfare League | The purchasing of a freezer to preserve food for community food packages. |
Sustainable skills workshop | Workshops covering darning and clothes repairs and making household cleaners. |
Wrap it Cambridge | Beeswax wrap “refresh your wrap” service to repair beeswax wraps. |
Ruth Webb | Zero Waste Christmas workshop and market in Te Awamutu. |
Fieldays | The purchasing of wheelie bin covers to help inform visitors where to put their waste. |
