Meet the Funder - MWRA The Zero Waste Community Fund

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In 2025 MRWA will be relaunching their Zero Waste Community Fund offering groups across the Liverpool City Region the opportunity to apply for funding to support projects focusing on education and reduction of key materials from our waste stream including Food, Plastics, Textiles, Waste Electronics and Furniture. Successful applicants can be awarded up to £8000 for projects working within one district and up to £30,000 for projects working across four or more districts. Please join us to learn more about the types of projects we have supported in the past, what the application includes and how you and your group can get involved.

Grants of up to £8,000 for projects running in one of the six districts or for projects delivered across the Liverpool City Region groups can apply for up to £30,000.

Projects must meet the following aims:

  • Support local community activity to improve waste behaviour through reuse, prevention and recycling projects
  • Make a difference to the wider community and people’s lives

What is a waste prevention, reuse and recycling project?

Waste prevention includes actions that reduces the amount of waste created by changing people’s behaviour.

Reuse includes repairing or cleaning activities that allow items to be reused for the same purpose as it was originally intended.

Recycling is when materials are collected and sent for reprocessing so the material is made into new products.

What we’re looking to support

A project should address at least one of five key priority household waste materials; Food, Furniture, Plastics, Textiles or WEEE (Waste Electrical, Electronic Equipment) Successful applicants will have identified how their project focus’ on the prevention, reuse, repair or recycling of at least one of these key materials. Projects will also engage with the local community and help them to positively change their behaviour towards waste.

When is this funding available

The next round of funding, for 2025-26, will be open for application on 10th February  and closes 9th March 2025, for project deliver from May 2025 until March 2026. Application will be on-line at www.merseysidewda.gov.uk.  Examples of past projects are available on this website.

The event will be online please click on the link below to book a place.

When
February 18th, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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