Waste Not Want Not Fund
Applications for the 2024 funding round are now OPEN!
Application forms can be found at the bottom of this page.
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 now open!
2022 funding recipients
Timeline
The following timeline applies for all grant applications:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Monday 10 June 2024, 8am | Application Opening Date |
| Monday 8 July 2024, 11:59pm | Application Closing Date |
| July 2024 | Council acknowledgement of applications by email |
| August 2024 |
Additional questions asked of applicants (as required) Funding decisions made by Waste Levy Grant Assessment Panel |
| August 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 Cafe run 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.
Manawatū Community Trust
Manawatū Community Trust are running an education programme targeted at their own tenants (approx 200 residents). They want to encourage their residents to reduce, reuse and recycle. They are also hoping to support various community organisations that already exist, by creating recycling resources that the groups can use.
Precycle NZ
Precycle NZ Ltd is a waste minimisation and a waste valorisation company based in Palmerston North. They develop processing technologies to transform non-recyclable waste materials into new BRANZ certifiable construction material. This project is the second phase of a project currently underway by Precycle NZ. This project is a scoping and feasibility study working alongside industry looking for potential solutions to commercial and demolition waste.
The project will research and analyse novel recycling and processing methods for construction and demolition waste, such as tested timbers, polystyrene and insulation etc. across New Zealand and internationally to determine if any would be suitable and feasible in the Manawatu.
Rethink Waste
The purpose of Rethink Waste is to help, research, inform and educate the public regarding the benefits of zero waste. This project is to discuss and promote initiatives already being undertaken by MDC and additional initiatives that the public could undertake themselves. They would like to increase the size of the current group, liaise with neighbouring districts already working on zero waste initiatives, and offer public meetings over the course of a year on key topics regarding waste minimisation.
