Program snapshot
Category: Bushfire Recovery Programs
Amounts: $31.7 million in funding provided for Bushfire-generated green waste grants over Stream A and B.
- Funding Stream A – Data collection initiative
Provided a flat fee of $10,000 to assess and document the extent of bushfire-generated green waste within your jurisdiction. Additional funding of up to $20,000 per LGA will be considered in cases where:(a) Councils received Stream A funding and the $10,000 was not sufficient to complete the assessment; or
(b) Councils did not receive Stream A funding and have still carried out a green waste assessment in order to apply for Stream B funding.
- Funding Stream B – Clean-up and processing grants
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$31.5 million in grants provided to 15 councils to fund clean-up, processing and beneficial reuse of green waste generated by the 2019–20 bushfires.
Contact: 131 555 or RecoveryandResiliancePrograms@epa.nsw.gov.au
Status: Stream A is completed and successful applicants for Stream B have been announced.
Managed by: NSW Environment Protection Authority. This program is funded under the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Aims
The Bushfire-generated green waste grants program builds on the NSW Government commitment to deliver bushfire recovery assistance to help people and businesses impacted by bushfires. The program's objectives are to
- assess and document outstanding green waste generated by the 2019–20 bushfires
- manage the clean-up of outstanding green waste generated by the 2019–20 bushfires
- provide opportunities to beneficially reuse processed green waste products in bushfire-affected regions
- provide regional employment opportunities in bushfire-affected communities
Useful documents
Successful applicants
| Recipient | Grant amount |
|---|---|
| Richmond ValleyCouncil | $968,945 |
| LithgowCity Council | $2,161,202 |
| BegaValleyShire Council | $7,217,630 |
| KempseyShire Council | $716,750 |
| HawkesburyCity Council | $1,502,508 |
| WingecarribeeShire Council | $4,592,054 |
| CessnockCity Council | $566,900 |
| ShoalhavenCity Council | $503,585 |
| Snowy ValleysCouncil | $7,484,023 |
| WollondillyShire Council | $581,055 |
| Blue MountainsCity Council | $892,100 |
| Greater HumeCouncil | $156,310 |
| EurobodallaShireCouncil | $2,999,800 |
| WalchaCouncil | $804,195 |
| Mid-WesternRegional Council | $353,000 |
| Total = $31,500,057 |
Will you be providing another round of grants after Stream B?
We do not have any further grant rounds planned for this program.