Circular Economy Communities Fund
Last updated: 7 March 2025
Status:
Applications closed
Closing date:
Monday 4 April 2022, 3:00 pm
Available to:
Charities, Community groups, Social enterprises, Not-for-profit organisations
The Circular Economy Communities Fund supported local community initiatives that engaged the community in local solutions for low-waste living.
The initiatives had to deliver one or more of the following objectives:
- Reduce waste generation
- Reduce non-organic material going to landfill, by re-purposing through local community initiatives
- Reduce organic material going to landfill, by re-purposing through local community initiatives
- Reduce the sources of plastic pollution, litter and illegal dumping
- Boost Victoria’s economy through local circular economy initiatives, helping businesses to grow in new ways, and creating up new jobs.
These grants were part of the Recycling Victoria policy funding.
Prior to 1 July 2022, this fund was named the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund.
Funded projects
Read more about projects funded by these grants.
Round 1 funding
- Stream 1 provided grants between $25,000 and $59,000.
- Stream 2 provided grants between $60,000 and $250,000.
Minimum co-contributions of $1 to every $5 granted were required.
Round 2 funding
- Stream 1: Local Community projects – provided grants between $25,000 and $59,000 targeted at circular economy projects delivered within a local community or municipality.
- Stream 2: Regional Community projects – provided grants between $60,000 and $250,000 targeted at circular economy projects delivered to communities over a wide geographic area such as multiple local government areas, or regions across Victoria.
Minimum co-contributions of $1 to every $5 granted were required.