About the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund

Eligibility for the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF)

The WMIF will support projects that:

• promote or achieve waste minimisation
• include educational projects that promote waste minimisation activity only
• result in new waste minimisation activity, either by:
  • implementing new initiatives, or
  • a significant expansion in the scope or coverage of existing activities.
• last for a funding timeframe of one to three years, after which the project objectives should have been achieved and, where appropriate, the initiative has become self-funding.

What the WMIF covers

The fund will cover:

• projects that promote or achieve waste minimisation
• operational or capital expenditure required to undertake a project
• up to 50 per cent of the cost of the project. You will need to demonstrate adequate sources of additional funding from your own or other resources
• educational projects that promote waste minimisation activity only.

​Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF) guidelines

For information on the fund's vision and purpose, general funding requirements, what you can apply for and filling out the application form, see:

​More about the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF)

For more details, email:

aucklandwastefund@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

See also how and when you can apply for the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF).