Funding for local councils and regional waste groups

The NSW Government will invest $356 million over 5 years under the NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy (WaSM).

The funding includes:

• $10 million over 5 years from 2023 to 2027 for local councils and regional groups of councils in the levy-paying area under the Local Government Waste Solutions Fund
• $15.6 million over 5 years to administer the Regional Coordination Support Program which provides support for regional collaboration on waste and resource recovery priorities to regional organisations of councils, joint organisations, and voluntary regional waste groups
• $5 million to help regional and rural local councils with landfill consolidation and environmental improvements.
• Up to $500,000 per project through 2 funding streams to support both the planning and sourcing phases of waste management service procurement.

In addition to this dedicated funding, local councils have access to contestable grants for organics infrastructure and collection systems, community recycling centres, tackling illegal dumping and litter and waste and recycling infrastructure.