Process

When an applicant applies via the Event Application process, staff will identify the eligibility for the Event Waste Minimisation Fund and send an application form to the applicant to complete and return.

Please see below for further terms and conditions.

Who Can Apply?

This fund is available for event organisers, for events with the minimum requirements:

• The event must have more than 1,000 attendees.
• The event must have at least 10 food or drink vendors.

Events not meeting these criteria are advised to use pool event bins and event hoods or arrange their own bins.

Who Can't Apply?

In addition to Section 5.2 of the C213 Community Funding Policy [PDF, 413 KB]:

• Waste and recycling companies. Applications will only be accepted from Event Organisers

What Can be Funded

• A percentage of overall waste handling, collection and processing costs equating to the percentage Funding Schedule: Event Waste Minimisation Fund 2 diverted (by weight) from landfill, up to a maximum capped value.
• Onsite bin ambassadors and waste sorting staff costs.
• Funding may be (conditional on approval) used to contribute towards the cost of the event providing reusable or refillable systems such as crockery and reusable cups. Vendors would need to provide the total number of sales for items like coffee, hot chocolate, or plates of food in order for a conversion factor of the number of disposable container weight to be calculated - providing a weight of landfill waste that was avoided.

What Can't be Funded

As stated in Section 6.7 and 6.8 of the C213 Community Funding Policy [PDF, 413 KB]

Terms and Conditions

• The event waste minimisation funding application  must be submitted to solid.waste@selwyn.govt.nz and approved by the RR&W team prior to the event.
• Funding will be paid after the event, on the condition that the event has been pre-approved by the RR&W team, and meets the following conditions:
  ▪ Event application is approved.
  ▪ Event goes ahead as planned.
  ▪ Post-event reports and dockets are provided.
• Funding is based on the percentage of waste diverted from landfill.
• The higher the percentage of waste diverted from landfill, the higher the funding able to be obtained (up to the cap). As this percentage will not be known until after the event, the applicant bears all risk regarding the amount of funding that can be obtained, within the funding cap. This risk is solely on the funding applicant, not the applicant’s waste contractor or any other party.
• The event must use onsite bin ambassadors and waste sorting staff to be eligible for funding. This is to ensure contamination levels remain low so that the receiving facility accepts the material for processing.
• Funding is allocated on a fiscal year basis (1 July to 30 June). Once all the funds have been allocated for a fiscal year, no further funds will be available until the next fiscal year.