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GMWDA's 50,000 Community Waste Fund Project Re-launches

10 May 2011

GMWDA's 2011 Community Waste Fund has re-launched, offering £50,000 to community groups and organisations for the chance to kick-start waste prevention and recycling projects in Greater Manchester

After the success of its 2010 project, GMWDA is inviting community organisations and groups to submit proposals that demonstrate a positive effect on reducing the amount of waste produced and increase re-use and recycling.

Projects that plan to help residents reduce contamination and increase recycling rates in Greater Manchester are being strongly encouraged, as GMWDA aim to reach their target of 50 percent recycling and composting by 2015.

Councillor Swannick, chair of GMWDA said: "We are delighted to announce the Community Waste Fund for 2011, which will fund innovative community waste prevention and recycling projects to help benefit the environment and local communities. This is another step towards our aim of zero waste to landfill and can only be achieved with all of Greater Manchester's help."

Partnerships

GMWDA also encourages partnership working. Community organisations PEARLS and RE>BUILD (based in Rochdale and Bury), which successfully applied for the Community Waste Fund last year have collaborated to enable a scrap store scheme to start in the RE>START centre in Bury.

The store will collect unwanted scrap materials from local businesses and sell the quality low cost resources to schools, nurseries, community groups and individuals for arts and craft purposes.

Tina Wright from Pearls, which received a share of the community waste fund said: "The Bury scrap store has been made possible thanks to Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority's Community Waste Fund. We're very excited to be working with RE>BUILD and launch in Bury, as we only formed the co-operative last year.

"PEARLS has already diverted 50 tonnes away from landfill by collecting unwanted scrap from businesses and this is a great opportunity to increase this."

Liz Jackson the Chief Executive of RE>BUILD in Bury, which diverts household furniture from landfill and distributes it to the people who need it most said: "Since receiving the GMWDA grant we have extended our furniture collection service into the Bamford, Norden and Heywood areas and we are also keen to promote the low-cost furniture into those same areas.

"Both ourselves and PEARLS are organisations that are working hard to alleviate poverty, empower individuals and help to improve the environment and we are pleased to be able to make our own unique contributions to the Bury and Rochdale areas."

For more information and to fill in an Expression of Interest Form, please visit http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/community/community-waste-fund, or email communitywastefund@gmwda.gov.uk.

Darrel Moore