The second round of the Western Australia Waste Authority’s 2016 Community Grants Scheme is now open.
Community groups are being encouraged to apply for the grants of up to $20,000, which are specifically for eligible individual, community-focused waste reduction projects
The Community Grants Scheme has provided $1.47 million to more than 160 Western Australian community groups since 2004. In May 2016, $128,224 was awarded to 17 WA community groups in the scheme’s first round of funding for 2016.
Projects previously funded by the scheme include community-managed gardens for recycling organic waste, an online program designed to help reduce domestic waste output and support for a regional group printing jute shopping bags with waste reduction messages.
Commenting on the opening of applications for the latest round, Environment Minister Albert Jacob said: “Waste management is everyone’s responsibility, and community projects can make a difference to the impacts of waste on the environment.
“This funding will support some great waste projects and I encourage groups to apply for a grant to help get their project off the ground
Applications for the second round of funding close on Friday 2 September.
More information on how to apply is available from the WA Waste Authority website.