Individuals, community groups and organisations are invited to apply for a new community grant that will support resource recovery initiatives within Ballina Shire.
Each year Ballina Shire Council will allocate $50,000 to the Resource Recovery Community Grant program.
The program will consider projects and initiatives that align with Council’s resource recovery strategic objectives to improve community waste minimisation, reduce waste to landfill and/or recover resources.
Applications for the program will be open year-round, with a limit of one application per individual, community group or organisation considered per year.
Council’s Resource Recovery Education Officer, Samala Heart, said their team is thrilled to launch the new community grant.
“This is about rewarding innovation and fuelling resource recovery in our community,” said Ms Heart.
“We’re encouraging ideas big and small. We know that significant change can come from innovative waste minimisation and resource recovery initiatives, particularly at the grassroots level.”
Examples of resource recovery initiatives supported by the program could include waste minimisation-based workshops and reuse, repair, or recycling schemes.
Applications can be made online at ballina.nsw.gov.au/ResourceRecoveryGrant
