Liverpool Council’s campaign against rubbish and waste has received a $415,000 boost.
The funding was secured in the second year of the EPA Better Waste and Recycling Fund from the NSW Government’s $465.7 million Waste Less, Recycle More initiative.
The NSW Government has provided funding to Liverpool City Council for a number of innovative projects including Bulk a Bag Project, Illegal Dumping in the Western Area, Internal Recycling Truck, Electronic Composters and Waste Audit in MUDs, which will provide further support to waste and recycling programs operating in the region.
The state member for menai, Melanie Gibbons, said waste and rubbish issues were important to local residents.
“Waste and rubbish are everyone’s problem, and it is terrific the NSW Government is stepping up on this issue,” Ms Gibbons said.
Environment Minister Rob Stokes congratulated Liverpool Council on their solid work helping to keep rubbish out of landfill and out of our environment.
“These initiatives show just what can be achieved when governments and the community work together for the betterment of our environment and our community,” Mr Stokes said.
“The projects receiving funding today will help the council take the fight to rubbish and waste.”
This round of funding is part of the four-year $70 million Better Waste and Recycling Fund designed by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to support council-run waste and recycling projects in the state’s waste-levy paying area.
Across NSW, councils will receive $223 million exclusively and have access to a further $134 million in contestable grants, under the five year Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, making this the largest waste funding package in NSW.
This funding round follows the distribution of $17.2 million to local councils in May 2014 to support projects under Waste Less, Recycle More.
