{"id":5434,"date":"2020-03-12T04:07:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2020-03-12T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:07:20","slug":"more-than-1-million-in-grants-to-tackle-local-litter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/more-than-1-million-in-grants-to-tackle-local-litter\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO TACKLE LOCAL LITTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is calling on councils, hospitals, universities and other community and industry groups to apply for more than $1 million worth of grants to tackle litter in their local area.<br \/>\nEnvironment Minister Matt Kean announced two grants, including the first grant aimed at tackling cigarette butts are open to applications until 14 April.<br \/>\nA total of $1.17 million \u2013 comprising $670,000 for Round 6 of the Community Litter Grants and $500,000 for the inaugural Cigarette Butt Litter Prevention Grants \u2013 is available to councils, businesses and organisations to implement litter prevention projects in their areas.<br \/>\n\u201cOur community groups and councils are fantastic partners to assist with tackling litter. It is local communities who know their litter hotspots and can develop practical and effective solutions,\u201d Mr Kean said.<br \/>\n\u201cMore than 200 projects have been funded so far under the litter prevention grant program with incredible results \u2013 some projects have recorded up to 80 per cent reduction in litter in their targeted hotspot.<br \/>\n\u201cI want to encourage any community group, council or business that wants to get rid of a litter problem in their area to apply for one of these grants.\u201d<br \/>\nThe community grants can be used to fund a number of litter initiatives including community education and engagement, clean-ups, new bins, promoting programs aimed at addressing littering, and strengthening the capacity of environmental groups working in the sector.<br \/>\n\u201cThese grants will enable the community to take the action they want to see in their suburbs,\u201d Mr Kean said.<br \/>\n\u201cCigarettes butts are consistently the most littered item in NSW every year. I look forward to seeing innovative projects to help reduce the millions of butts littered each year and by doing so, cleaning up our environment.\u201d<br \/>\nMore information about the NSW EPA Litter Grants program is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.nsw.gov.au\/working-together\/grants\/litter-program\">https:\/\/www.epa.nsw.gov.au\/working-together\/grants\/litter-program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is calling on councils, hospitals, universities and other community and industry groups to apply for more than $1 million worth of grants to tackle litter in their local area. Environment Minister Matt Kean announced two grants, including the first grant aimed at tackling cigarette butts are open to applications until 14 April. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/more-than-1-million-in-grants-to-tackle-local-litter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO TACKLE LOCAL LITTER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}