Business Food Waste Partnerships Grants

he Business Food Waste Partnership grants are available to industry peak bodies, councils, sector leaders and relevant organisations to support their members and NSW businesses to reduce and source separate their food waste.

The success of this program will contribute to NSW and national targets to halve organics waste to landfill by 2030.

The Business Food Waste Partnership grants program will provide $4 million over four years to educate and upskill businesses and institutions to avoid, reduce and source separate food waste.

The funding supports projects that will:

• raise awareness and empower food businesses with knowledge and skills in food waste reduction and source separation
• support food businesses transition to food waste source separation
• provide tools and training to reduce and recycle food waste.

Eligible applicants must:

1. be an organisation with an Australian Business Number (ABN)
2. be operational in NSW
3. be an organisation with an active relationship with the target audience
4. demonstrate experience in project delivery with the target audience
5. demonstrate the project is a new activity that can be incorporated into, or build on, existing activities, programs or other initiatives
6. demonstrate shared values or organisational goals aligned with the NSW organics waste and emissions targets
7. deliver education and communication that aligns with the NSW EPA position statement on what can be disposed of in Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) or Food Organics (FO) bins