Funding available for projects that reduce waste from the outset
23 March 2018
NZ Government:
The May round of the Waste Minimisation Fund
will target projects that build in reducing
waste from the outset,
Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage said today.
“We need to stop thinking that recycling is the answer to our waste
problems when actually producing less waste in the first place is better
for the
environment and our country,” Ms Sage said.
“I hope to see projects come through that encourage a
circular economy
where we make, use and return products and materials instead of the
current model where we take resources, use them then dispose of them.”
A circular economy aims to reduce the resources and waste used to create
a product. Examples include products that are made to last longer and
can be repaired or be refurbished.
“Designing waste and pollution out of the system makes for a more
sustainable society for future generations of New Zealanders. It creates
long-term cost savings and more local job opportunities, encourages
technical innovation, and reduces the amount of harmful waste produced,
which decreases our impacts on climate change.”
Applications to the circular economy round of the WMF will open on 1 May
and close at noon on 14 May 2018,
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/
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Source: New Zealand Government - www.beehive.govt.nz
Contact: wmf@mfe.govt.nz
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