Funding for regional collaboration

Program snapshot

Category​:  Dedicated funding for groups of councils

Amounts​: Total of $4.5 million for 2017-21

Eligible bodies​: Regional groups of councils in the Metropolitan Levy Area (Greater Sydney, Illawarra and Hunter)

Contact: ​131 555​or [email protected]

Status​: Ongoing funding until 2021 for current participants

Aims

Waste Less, Recycle More supports collaboration for regional organisations of councils (ROCs), council groups and voluntary regional waste groups.

To date grants totalling $8 million have been awarded to support six ROCs and council groups in the Sydney Metropolitan, Illawarra and Hunter region as they work to develop and implement regional waste strategies, fund regional coordinators, undertake regional waste and recycling projects and maximise funding opportunities for local communities under the Waste Less, Recycle More initiative. These grants will benefit 45 councils that pay the waste levy, representing more than 6 million residents.

Participants

Regional groupFunding 
(2017-19)
Participating local councils

Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC)

Regional Waste Strategy

$634,864Canterbury-Bankstown, Bayside, Botany Bay, Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury, Georges River, Inner West, Randwick, Sydney, Waverley, Woollahra, Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale, Sutherland

Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC)

Regional Waste Strategy

$646,870Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith, The Hills Shire

Macarthur Regional Organisation of Councils (MACROC)

Regional Waste Strategy

$107,434Camden, Campbelltown, Wollondilly

Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC)

Regional Waste Strategy

$222,658Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, North Sydney, Ryde, Willoughby

Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO)

Regional Waste Strategy

$202,768Kiama, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Wollongong

Hunter Joint Organisation of Councils

Regional Waste Strategy

$435,406Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton, Upper Hunter, Central Coast
TOTAL$4.5 million 

Find out more

Waste and Resource Recovery Branch
Regional Delivery Team
Phone: (02) 9995 5755
Email: [email protected]