Love Food Hate Waste grants, worth a total of $1.6 million are now open in the fifth Round of funding managed by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority. The grants are targeted at delivering projects that help households and businesses reduce the amount of edible food they waste.
Eligible applicants include Local councils, non-governmental organisations, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, businesses, industry associations, NSW government entities and education service providers.
Grants are available for the following 2 streams:
Stream 1 – Household education. Grants of up to $20,000 per year to support organisations to use the Food Smart Kit to educate households to waste less food.
Stream 2 – Business education. Grants of up to $30,000 per year to support organisations to use the Your Business is Food Kit to help food businesses reduce food waste.
Stream 3 – Love Food Communities. Grants of up to $250,000 for up to five NSW towns, cities or regions to plan and deliver a two-year whole-of-city approach to food waste prevention. This stream is due to open in early 2018.
Applications close 22 December 2017.
For more information visit the NSW EPA website or contact 1300 361 967 or organics.grants@epa.nsw.gov.au