Waste Reduction Fund

EPA Waste Reduction Fund will help industry to implement waste avoidance and efficiency initiatives in their businesses to reduce the waste they generate and send to landfill.

The consultation period for the new $14 million Victorian Government fund targeted at waste minimisation in the commercial, industrial, construction and demolition industries is now open.

The program was announced as part of the Victorian Government’s landfill levy reinvestments on 24 March 2010 (see Media Release here)

Consultation

Minister Jennings launched the fund on 21 July 2010, and a broad consultation phase was announced on 29 July 2010 (see Media Release here)
 
There will be six broad topics for consultation that look at the financial impact of the landfill levy, interest from industry in waste avoidance, existing initiatives, level and type of support available to industry, models of funding and communicating to industry.

For the first two weeks of August, interested parties will be invited to take part in round table discussions co-hosted by EPA and key stakeholders.
 
Industry will have until the end of August to provide feedback to EPA and key stakeholders. Following this, EPA will incorporate this feedback into the planning and designing of the preferred funding model and undertake further consultation if necessary.

An introductory presentation to the consultation is available here.

The Fund will open in October.

How you can get involved

You can contribute to the consultation process by responding via email to the topics introduced in the consultation document, or by attending a consultation workshop.

For more information, please email wastereductionfund@epa.vic.gov.au

Consultation Workshop	Date	Time	Venue	Address	RSVP(limited numbers)
Co-Hosted by Australian Industry Group, Australian Food and Grocery Council and EPA Victoria in Bendigo	Wednesday 11 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	The Foundry Hotel Complex	366 High Street (near corner of Shamrock Street) Bendigo	Registration Form (PDF 45 KB)
Hosted by EPA Victoria for the Construction and Demolition Sectors, Melbourne	Thursday 12 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	EPA Vic Conference Centre	Level 4, 200 Victoria St Carlton	This workshop is now full. You can still contribute to the consultation by responding by email wastereductionfund@epa.vic.gov.au or by calling the team on (03) 9695 2722
Co-Hosted by VECCI and EPA Victoria in Melbourne	Thursday 12 August	2pm to 5pm (Registration from 1:30pm)	VECCI Conference Centre, Room 5.3	486 Albert Street, East Melbourne	sustainability@vecci.org.au
Co-Hosted by Australian Industry Group and EPA Victoria in Melbourne	Friday 13 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	AIG Conference Centre	20 Queens Road, Melbourne	Registration Form (PDF 81 KB)
Co-Hosted by VECCI and EPA Victoria in Dandenong	Wednesday 18 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	Chifley Doveton, Monash Room	Crn Doveton Avenue & Princes Hwy, Doveton	This workshop is now full. You can still contribute to the consultation by responding by email wastereductionfund@epa.vic.gov.au or by calling the team on (03) 9695 2722
Hosted by EPA Victoria in Geelong	Thursday 19 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	Mecure Hotel Geelong	Corner Gheringhap & Myers Street, Geelong	wastereductionfund@epa.vic.gov.au
Hosted by EPA Victoria in Melbourne	Friday 20 August	9am to 12pm (Registration from 8:30am)	EPA Vic Conference Centre	Level 4, 200 Victoria St Carlton	This workshop is now full. You can still contribute to the consultation by responding by email wastereductionfund@epa.vic.gov.au or by calling the team on (03) 9695 2722

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