Waste Not Want Not Fund
Applications for the 2024 funding round are closed
We welcome applications addressing all waste streams, however we would love to see more applications targeting construction and demolition waste.
Construction and demolition waste represents up to 50% of waste generated and sent to landfill in New Zealand. Manawatū District Council are working to play our part in reducing construction and demolition waste and moving towards more circular systems, but we need your help to do this.
This waste is made up of a wide variety of materials including concrete, plasterboard, wood, steel, brick and glass, and could be off-cuts, surplus materials, damaged materials etc.
If you have a project or idea utilising or reducing construction and demolition waste generation that you would like to get off the ground, we would love to hear from you via a funding application!
Why does this fund exist?
Council wants to support the implementation of the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan by allocating waste levy funding to the community to increase the scale, range and number of waste minimisation activities in the Manawatū District.
What will be funded?
In line with the Waste Levy Grants Allocation Policy (PDF file, 170.8 KB), Council will fund:
- Projects, initiatives or programmes which demonstrate promotion or achievement of waste minimisation by promoting a circular economy for waste, and/or by supporting reuse, recycle and recover principles.
- Projects, initiatives or programmes partially or wholly taking place within the boundaries of the Manawatū District
Funded projects, initiatives or programmes include but are not limited to:
- educational or behavioural change approaches that promote waste minimisation activity to the public or a particular target audience;
- infrastructure that helps divert resources from landfill;
- projects focused on understanding existing waste quantities and composition, behaviour or economic incentives, as a precursor to effectively reducing waste and/or increasing reuse, recycling and recovery of waste materials;
- design of product stewardship schemes or other solutions that promote and achieve waste minimisation;
- other initiatives that contribute to the actions and strategic priorities of the Manawatū District Council Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.
How much funding is available?
The total amount available for the 2024 funding round is $70,000 (excl GST).
Applications for the 2024 funding round are closed
2023 funding recipients
Timeline
The following timeline applies for all grant applications:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Monday 10 June 2024, 8am | Application Opening Date |
| Monday 19 August 2024, 11:59pm | Application Closing Date |
| August 2024 | Council acknowledgement of applications by email |
| September 2024 |
Additional questions asked of applicants (as required) Funding decisions made by Waste Levy Grant Assessment Panel |
| September 2024 | Applicants notified of outcome |
Financial Details
If you're registered for GST, do not include GST in your costs.
Attach quotes and any other supporting documentation to your application. Two quotes are required for the purchase of equipment.
If your application is successful and you don't already have a bank account for your project, you'll need to open a bank account for your group. Once we've received your deposit slip, we'll be able to transfer the funds to your account.
Accountability Requirements
The conditions of receiving funding are:
- Manawatū District Council must be acknowledged as a partner and funder and be acknowledged as a separate entry within the organisation’s accounts or in the organisation’s annual report.
- Recipients of Waste Not Want Not funding will be required to submit an accountability report to the Manawatū District Council that reports against funding criteria.
- Accountability reports will be required to be submitted at 6-monthly and 12-monthly intervals during the funding term.
- Recipients of Waste Not Want Not funding for one off projects or initiatives will be required to submit an accountability report within two-months of completion.
Funding Categories & Application Forms
Click on each category below to read about the criteria, and to see which suits your application best.
Application forms are also provided on each category page.
Feilding Repair Cafe
Feilding Repair Café received funding to continue running monthly pop up ‘Repair Cafe’ events at a local hall. People can bring in their damaged and broken items and local volunteer experts will do their best to repair them whilst also showing the owner how they can do it themselves. The goal is to change the ‘throw away to landfill and buy another item’ thought process, when something can be repaired.
Over the last 12 events the Repair Café have fixed 268 items, prevented 1975kgs of waste going to landfill, and 4453kgs of CO2 emissions being released.
Enviroschools
Enviroschools is a well-established nationwide programme that has been running for 20 years. The programme engages with children, young people, educators, caretakers, boards of trustees, families and the wider community, through early childhood education, primary schools and secondary schools
42% of schools in the Manawatu District Council (MDC) area are Enviroschools, and 43% of early childhood centres in the MDC area are Enviroschools. This equates to 1605 students.Some highlights form the past year include students repurposing paper into new paper to paint on, or fire starters to take home to their parents, setting up and managing worm farms, supporting families to use reusable containers, and making yoghurt, jams and relishes.
Manchester Kindergarten - Reducing Lunchbox Waste
The Kindergarten utilised funding to start making yoghurt at the centre each day, to reduce lunchbox waste. The yoghurt making initiative has been fully embraced by the children and their families. Not only is this minimising the amount of waste in children’s lunchboxes, but it has also helped the children develop self help and decision making skills.
The kindergarten has seen a large reduction in rubbish. They have two wheelie bins for rubbish and often now only have to put one bin out for collection.
Positive comments have been received from families of the children at the kindergarten, and to date, at least 5 of the families now make yoghurt at home too.
Paper 4 Trees
32 schools and preschools participated in the Paper4trees programme, equating to 4682 students. 420 plants were delivered and planted in 2023 and 360 plants are due to be delivered this year. By recycling paper and cardboard these education centres diverted 100 tonnes from landfill.
Climate change is a huge environmental challenge, and encouraging tree planting in the community is a positive environmental outcome of the project, along with the benefit of an improved recycling rate for schools and early learning centres involved in the programme.
Para Kore ki Manawatū/Whanganui
Pare Kore worked with 23 people and their whanau this year, educating and helping them integrate cloth nappies into their daily routines, and raising awareness and discussing the pros and cons of the different menstrual products available.
Cloth nappies and reusable menstrual products have been given to the participating whanau.
Zero Waste Education
This programme was taught at 6 schools in the area throughout the 2023/24 year, reaching 784 pupils. Students enjoyed learning about recycling and composting, and took their workbooks home to share the information with their families. Positive feedback was received from teachers who are keen to continue with the programme in the 2024/25 year.
