WasteSorted Community Education Grants

The WasteSorted Community Education Grants program is a State Government initiative administered by the Waste Authority.

WasteSorted Community Education Grants provide funding of up to $25,000 per project to improve waste behaviour in ways that support the aims of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 (waste strategy).

The waste strategy outlines objectives to avoid waste, recover more value and resources from waste, and protect the environment. Integral to this is supporting behaviour change work through communication, education and the development of better practice systems and processes.

Preference in the 2023-24 funding round will be given to projects that:

communicate messages for behaviour change consistent with the ‘WasteSorted’ and ‘Be a GREAT Sort’ communications materials
develop and implement targeted waste behaviour change initiatives with an emphasis on focus materials

Focus materials

Achieving the avoidance targets will require an emphasis on the waste materials that, by weight, currently make up more than 90 per cent of the waste Western Australians generate:

Construction and demolition materials ‒ concrete, asphalt, rubble, bricks, sand and clean fill
Organics ‒ food organics and garden organics
Metals ‒ steel, non-ferrous metals, packaging and containers
Paper and cardboard ‒ office paper, newspaper and magazines
Glass ‒ packaging and containers
Plastics ‒ packaging and containers
Textiles ‒ clothing and other fabric-based materials

To apply

Applications must be submitted through the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s SmartyGrants portal by 12:00 pm (noon) Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) on Monday 28 August 2023.

Setting up a SmartyGrants account is free and previous SmartyGrants users can use the same account.

If you experience technical difficulty creating a SmartyGrants account or completing an online form, please view the help guide or contact SmartyGrants on (03) 9320 6888.