Waste Minimisation Fund funded projects
The amount of funding allocated per year.
Fifty per cent of the revenue earned from the waste levy, minus administration costs, is allocated to waste minimisation projects through the Waste Minimisation Fund.
Approximately $10-12 million is collected through the levy per year to support waste minimisation projects. The majority of funding available for projects is allocated through an annual contestable funding round.
The table below provides a summary of the funding allocated by year.
Summary of WMF funding allocated to date
| Title | Applicant | Project type | Waste Stream | Funding awarded (up to) | >Year funding awarded | Region | Project status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-day | 2020 Communications Trust | Services | E-waste | $750,000 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Identification, Collection and Disposal of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Unknown Agrichemicals | 3R Group Limited | Services | Potentially hazardous | $279,929 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| SeatSmart™ Child Car Seat Recycling Programme - creating a circular solution for polypropylene plastics (PP) | 3R Group Limited | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $30,000 | 2019 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Maximising Effectiveness of Product Stewardship for Agricultural Chemicals and their Containers in New Zealand | 3R Group Limited | Investigative | Potentially hazardous | $50,035 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Mattress Stewardship Programme Implementation Phase | 3R Group Limited | Services | Multiple waste streams | $162,455 | 2015 | Hawke's Bay | Completed |
| Mandatory Product Stewardship for End of Life Tyres (ELT) - Update of Materials produced under WMF Deed 20098 "Tyrewise" | 3R Group Ltd | Investigative | Tyres | $79,625 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Incentivising sustainable business: Bringing 'Conscious Consumers' to restaurants, bars and caterers. | 42 Collective Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $92,575 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Conscious Consumers: Hospitality Sector | 42collective Incorporated TA Conscious Consumers | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $135,267 | 2013 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Technology to recycle TVs and Computer Monitors | Abilities Incorporated | Infrastructure | E-waste | $110,000 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| Chrome Solids Recovery | Affco NZ Limited | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $199,000 | 2019 | Hawke's Bay | In progress |
| Plasback Educational Campaign | Agpac Limited | Education and awareness | Packaging | $130,000 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Boosting Farmer Participation in rural recycling | Agpac Ltd | Infrastructure | Other | $104,400 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Plasback mobile phone application and marketing plan development | Agpac Ltd | Infrastructure | Other | $61,800 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Additional baling capacity for the Plasback recycling scheme | Agpac Ltd | Infrastructure | Other | $100,000 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Disposal of Legacy Agrichemicals | AgRecovery Foundation | Services | Potentially hazardous | $199,288 | 2012 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Rural Waste ‘One-stop Shop’ Extension Project | Agrecovery Foundation | Infrastructure | Packaging | $178,200 | 2019 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Rural Waste ‘One-stop Shop’ Strategy Implementation Project | Agrecovery Foundation | Services | Multiple waste streams | $381,800 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Wellington Corporate Waste & Employment Hub | All Heart NZ Charitable Trust | Services | Other | $190,000 | 2019 | Wellington | In progress |
| Recycling glass into residential concrete | Allied Concrete Limited/AMI Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $190,000 | 2011 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Replacement of virgin resin with used resin from community waste streams | Alto Packaging Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $42,000 | 2010 | Canterbury | Partially completed |
| Ceiling Panel Recycle and Reuse | Asona Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $185,537 | 2017 | Auckland | Partially completed |
| Integrated Plastics Recycling System | Astron Plastics Group Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $500,000 | 2017 | Auckland | Completed |
| Cleaning and Recycling of 'Hard to Recycle' Soft Plastics | Astron Plastics Group Ltd | Services | Packaging | $510,653 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Auckland Region Household Used Oil Recovery | Auckland Council | Services | Potentially hazardous | $50,000 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| Establishing three facilities within the Resource Recovery Network | Auckland Council | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $2,238,600 | 2018 | Auckland | In progress |
| Recycling eco tri-bins project | Auckland District Health Board | Services | Packaging | $78,279 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| Hard to Recycle HDPE Wash and Recycle Plant | Auckland Drum Sustainability Services Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $198,500 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| Bankable Feasibility Study for Avertana industrial waste-to-value plant | Avertana | Investigative | Other | $200,000 | 2016 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Closing the Loop – Refining metallurgical waste slag into essential raw materials for manufacturing | Avertana Limited | Investigative | Potentially hazardous | $700,000 | 2018 | Auckland | In progress |
| Bay of Islands Zero Waste Programme Stage 1 Feasibility Study | Bay of Islands Community Centre Association Inc Soc. | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $15,000 | 2018 | Northland | Closed |
| Trial of Vermicomposting for Mixed Municipal, Commercial and Industrial Organic Wastes | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $100,000 | 2010 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Recycling Antifreeze Service | Beta Antifreeze Limited | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $180,000 | 2010 | Nationwide | Partially completed |
| Let's talk Rubbish | Beyond the Bin Limited | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $53,256 | 2016 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Promote the use as a fertiliser of digestate from anaerobic digestion of organic waste | Bioenergy Association | Education and awareness | Organics including biosolids | $84,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Recycling & Recovery of Organic Waste | BioRich Limited | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $468,720 | 2013 | Hawke's Bay | Completed |
| Canterbury Materials Recovery Facility | Burwood Resource Recovery Park Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $2,500,000 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Residential Red-Zone Household Hazardous Waste Management Project | Canterbury Regional Council | Services | Potentially hazardous | $1,006,972 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Paper from homes Rotorua region project | Carter Holt Harvey Limited | Services | Packaging | $143,376 | 2011 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Chatham Islands Waste Minimisation | Chatham Islands Council | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $582,000 | 2015 | In progress | |
| Plasterboard Recycling | CID Resource Recovery Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $525,500 | 2012 | Auckland | Completed |
| Wood Waste Processing Facility | CID Resource Recovery Limited | Infrastructure | Timber | $370,000 | 2011 | Auckland | Completed |
| Commercial and Industrial Waste Sorting Facility | CID Resource Recovery Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $3,060,913 | 2017 | Auckland | Completed |
| Resource Recovery Plant | CID Resource Recovery Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $1,245,000 | 2013 | Auckland | Completed |
| Civilshare Phase 3 | CivilShare | Other | Construction and demolition | $75,000 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| Marae based recycling in remote areas | Community Business and Environment Centre | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $30,000 | 2010 | Northland | Completed |
| Compost Connection | Community Business and Environment Centre | Education and awareness | Organics including biosolids | $94,045 | 2015 | Northland | Completed |
| Eco Star | Community Business and Environment Centre (CBEC) EcoSolutions | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $406,600 | 2018 | Northland | In progress |
| Zero Waste Training | Community Enterprise Network Trust | Education and awareness | Other | $187,629 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Processing Janitorial Packaging Onshore | Compounding Specialists Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $438,000 | 2013 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Waste Stream Plastics Recycling | Compounding Specialists Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $680,000 | 2019 | Canterbury | In progress |
| Avoiding e-waste by making household appliances last longer | Consumer NZ | Education and awareness | E-waste | $190,000 | 2019 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Coromandel Community Reuse Centre | Coromandel Independent Living Trust | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $90,000 | 2013 | Waikato | Completed |
| Waste toner recycling | Croxley Stationery Limited | Investigative | Potentially hazardous | $37,817 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| Recycled Aggregate Waste for Road Construction | Downer / Green Vision Recycling Limited | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $60,000 | 2014 | Auckland | Completed |
| Catch Pit waste recycling and beneficiation | Downer / Green Vision Recycling Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $50,000 | 2015 | Auckland | Partially completed |
| Feasibility of Waste Plastic Recycling into Roading Materials | Downer New Zealand | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $70,000 | 2018 | Bay of Plenty | In progress |
| Chipseal recovery and recycling | Downer New Zealand | Investigative | Other | $45,000 | 2016 | Auckland | Partially completed |
| Waste Wash Water Recycling Project | DuluxGroup (New Zealand) PTY Limited | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $50,000 | 2013 | Wellington | Completed |
| Dunstan Grain Keg - eliminating polypropylene bags | Dunstan Nutrition Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $167,500 | 2011 | Nationwide | Partially completed |
| Project Plastic Upcycle | E Waste Services Limited | Investigative | E-waste | $70,000 | 2019 | Wellington | Closed |
| Smart Clothing | Earthlink Incorporated | Infrastructure | Other | $180,000 | 2013 | Wellington | Completed |
| Earthpac’s starch-based packaging capability upgrade | Earthpac Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $2,130,000 | 2012 | Auckland | Completed |
| Upper North Island Packaged Food Recovery Project | Eco-Stock Supplies Limited | Infrastructure | Food waste | $180,000 | 2011 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Project Maximise | Ecogas GP Limited | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $1,200,000 | 2019 | Auckland | In progress |
| Preplan Eco AD: A Model Site | EcoStock Supplies Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $100,000 | 2014 | Auckland | Completed |
| Creating a Closed Loop system for HDPE plastic in NZ | Ecostore | Education and awareness | Packaging | $200,000 | 2019 | Auckland | In progress |
| Paper4Trees Programme Expansion | EERST - Environmental Education for Resource | Education and awareness | Packaging | $199,500 | 2011 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Community Reuse Whakatane (CREW) | Energy Options Limited | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $132,500 | 2011 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Expanding Organic Food Waste Processing Capacity | Enviro Waste Services Limited | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $1,100,000 | 2017 | Waikato | In progress |
| Fertiliser Bulk Bag Plastic Extrusion Plant | Enviro Waste Services Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $1,250,000 | 2015 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Wood waste diversion project | Enviro Waste Services Limited | Infrastructure | Timber | $1,000,000 | 2020 | Auckland | In progress |
| Processing Hamilton's Food Waste | Enviro Waste Services Limited | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $502,889 | 2019 | Waikato | In progress |
| Introduction of composting facility for sanitary hygiene products in Greater Wellington region | Envirocomp Limited | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $700,000 | 2011 | Wellington | Completed |
| Feasibility Study to identify market and location for a sanitary hygiene products and nappy composting facility in the Wellington region | Envirocomp Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $30,000 | 2010 | Wellington | Completed |
| Concrete Future Stage Two | Envirocon Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $671,500 | 2017 | Auckland | In progress |
| Increasing processing capacity at Envirofert | Envirofert Ltd | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $1,582,500 | 2016 | Waikato | In progress |
| New Zealand Rural Waste Minimisation Project | Environment Canterbury | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $348,600 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquake Emergency Response Waste Project | Environment Canterbury | Services | Multiple waste streams | $2,636,000 | 2016 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Treated Timber Waste Minimisation | Environment Canterbury | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $149,900 | 2012 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Solid Foundations | Environmental Concrete Disposal Limited | Infrastructure | Construction and demolition | $173,731 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| Paper4Trees Completion of North Island Schools | Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust | Education and awareness | Packaging | $179,220 | 2010 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Halon Recovery Project | Fire Protection Association New Zealand Incorporated | Services | Potentially hazardous | $190,000 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Project Alumina | Fletcher Aluminium | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous waste | $291,985 | 2014 | Auckland | Completed |
| Tyre recovery and recycling at Golden Bay Cement | Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited (Golden Bay Cement) | Infrastructure | Tyres | $13,591,055 | 2015 | Northland | In progress |
| Feasibility study to develop the business case for installing post consumer PET recycling plant in Wellington | Flight Plastics Limited | Investigative | Packaging | $30,000 | 2011 | Wellington | Completed |
| Installing PET Recyling Plant in NZ | Flight Plastics Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $4,049,500 | 2013 | Wellington | Completed |
| Introducing Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle-to-bottle recycling in NZ | Flight Plastics Ltd | Infrastructure | Packaging | $3,000,000 | 2018 | Wellington | Completed |
| OMG: Organic Market Garden and Inner-city Composting Hub (For the love of bees) | For the Love of Bees (formally Gecko Trust NZ) | Other | Food waste | $50,000 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| Project Alchemy | Fuji Xerox | Investigative | Other | $38,000 | 2017 | Auckland | Completed |
| Tyre Rubber Modification Of Bitumen Binders | Fulton Hogan Ltd | Investigative | Tyres | $40,000 | 2015 | Auckland | Completed |
| Waste - The Future? Tairawhiti | Gisborne District Council | Feasibility or Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $90,000 | 2019 | Gisborne | In progress |
| Recycling in Public Places - Making Public Place Recycling Happen for the Love of New Zealand | Glass Packaging Forum | Infrastructure | Packaging | $1,635,500 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Development and promotion of public place recycling | Glass Packaging Forum | Infrastructure | Packaging | $200,000 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Good Neighbour Food Rescue | Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust | Services | Food waste | $58,000 | 2014 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Goodwood – Efficiency through Improved Infrastructure | Goodwood Limited | Infrastructure | Timber | $660,000 | 2019 | Bay of Plenty | In progress |
| Goodwood Wood Grinder | Goodwood Ltd | Infrastructure | Timber | $280,000 | 2016 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Goodwood Machinery and Equipment | Goodwood Ltd | Infrastructure | Timber | $79,035 | 2016 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Southland Ouvea Premix Removal Disposal Project | Gore District Council | Service | Industrial by-products | 1,250,000 | 2018 | Southland | In progress |
| Foamed Glass Production | Hadlee & Brunton Recycling Limited | Investigative | Packaging | $75,000 | 2014 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Waste Futures | Hastings District Council | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $250,000 | 2014 | Hawke's Bay | Completed |
| Organic Waste treatment and recycling facilities on the Chatham Islands | Hokotehi Moriori Trust | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $20,000 | 2018 | Chatham Islands | Closed |
| Cone Stabilizing Strip | HotShot Productions Limited | Infrastructure | Other | $60,000 | 2012 | Waikato | Partially completed |
| GIVE A CUP - Introducing a National Cup Collection and Recycling System in New Zealand | Huhtamaki Henderson Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $346,260 | 2019 | In progress | |
| Concrete Futures | Interbloc Ltd | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $432,112 | 2015 | Auckland | Completed |
| Establishment and ongoing operations of a food rescue service in the Kapiti and Horowhenua Districts | Kaibosh Food Rescue | Services | Food waste | $150,000 | 2019 | Wellington | In progress |
| Glass Sorting Plant | Kaikoura Enhancement Trust | Infrastructure | Packaging | $52,256 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Love Kaipara: Reduce Reuse Recycle | Kaipara Refuse Ltd | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $15,000 | 2015 | Northland | Completed |
| Do the right thing | Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society Incorporated | Education and awareness | Litter | $3,070,690 | 2016 | Nationwide | Completed |
| E-waste recycling for social value | Kilmarnock Enterprises Limited | Education and awareness | E-waste | $47,600 | 2016 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Enhancing the Circular Economy – A Review of Opportunities for KiwiRail | KiwiRail Holdings Limited | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $54,460 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Feasibility of wood dust and plastic recovery for molded decking product | Konzept Business Solutions Limited | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $58,000 | 2010 | Auckland | Partially completed |
| Waste Tyre Economics Research | KPMG | Investigative | Tyres | $100,000 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Small Community Collective Biosolids Strategy | Lowe Environmental Impact Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $433,689 | 2016 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Scoping study for home compostable magazine wrap | Magazine Publishers Association | Feasibility or Investigative | Packaging | $30,000 | 2019 | Nationwide | In Progress |
| Taking Palmy's Plastic Pollution Challenge to the Manawatu | Manawatu River Source to Sea (Environment Network Manawatu) | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $55,000 | 2019 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Hazardous Waste Collection and Repurposing | Marlborough District Council | Infrastructure | Other | $198,411 | 2018 | Marlborough | In progress |
| Repurposing Grape Marc | Marlborough District Council | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $127,711 | 2018 | Marlborough | Completed |
| Marlborough Business Resource Efficiency Programme | Marlborough District Council | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $120,000 | 2011 | Marlborough | Completed |
| Marlborough Litter Project | Marlborough District Council | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $75,000 | 2016 | Marlborough | Completed |
| Commercial Industrial Sorting Facility | Marlborough District Council | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $776,314 | 2014 | Marlborough | Completed |
| Special Waste Recycling and Disposal Facility | Masterton District Council | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $80,000 | 2014 | Wellington | Completed |
| Matakana Island Recycle Transfer Centre | Matakana Island Marine Club Inc | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $70,000 | 2013 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Development of SUD Reprocessing site and Supply Chain | Medsalv Limited | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $50,000 | 2018 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Building a NZ Plant to recover valuable metals from electronic waste | Mint Innovation Limited | Infrastructure | E-waste | $600,000 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| Technical feasibility study for scaling a metal recovery process from electronic waste | Mint Innovation Limited | Investigative | E-waste | $80,000 | 2017 | Auckland | Completed |
| National Waste Disposal Survey | MWH New Zealand Limited | Investigative | Other | $200,000 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| E-waste Expansion Project | Nelson Environment Centre | Services | E-waste | $294,400 | 2019 | Nelson | In progress |
| SWAP for Nelson - analysis for landfill digestion | Nelson City Council | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $138,000 | 2011 | Nelson | Completed |
| Plymouth Commercial & Industrial Material Recovery Facility - a circular economy hub | New Plymouth District Council | Infrastructure | Construction materials - Demolition materials – inert Packaging | $420,550 | 2020 | New Plymouth | in progress |
| Naval Base In-vessel Composting Demonstration Site | New Zealand Defence Force | Infrastructure | Food waste | $100,000 | 2012 | Auckland | Completed |
| New value chains for labelling waste | New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Packaging | $88,990 | 2018 | Bay of Plenty | In progress |
| Roadmap for New Zealand’s New Plastic Economy (NZ-NPEC) | New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $195,741 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| A practical study of compostable materials in NZ composting systems | New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Packaging | $196,395 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| The Kai Ika Project - ‘He ika he taonga’ – The gift of fish | New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $20,000 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| RE:MOBILE Campaign 2019 | New Zealand Telecommunications Forum | Education and awareness | E-waste | $190,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Beneficial Use of Waste Timber and Oyster Shells | Northland Regional Council | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $2,100,000 | 2011 | Northland | Partially completed |
| Producing tyre pyrolysis fuel on a decentralised basis | Nufuels Limited | Infrastructure | Tyres | $90,000 | 2015 | Wellington | Closed |
| Facilities Waste Minimisation Best Practice Tool Kit | OCS Limited | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $45,000 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Optical Sorter for Wellington MRF | Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $350,000 | 2019 | Auckland | In progress |
| Food Rescue in Northland | One Double Five Whare Awhina Community House | Services | Organics including biosolids | $150,000 | 2016 | Northland | Completed |
| Strategic Expansion of Food Rescue Northland to Mid and Far North sub-regions | One Double Five Whare Awhina Community House Trust | Services | Food waste | $350,700 | 2018 | Northland | In progress |
| Dedicated Cycle Lanes using Tyre Derived Rubber in Construction Material | Opus International Consultants | Investigative | Tyres | $199,850 | 2015 | Wellington | Completed |
| Otago Polytech Resource Recovery Hub | Otago Polytechnic | Services | E-waste | $64,515 | 2019 | Otago | In progress |
| Rethinking Plastics: New Zealand’s first 100% recycled food packaging range | Pact Group (NZ) Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $3,000,000 | 2018 | Auckland | In progress |
| Palletite (Reusable Pallet Cover System) | Palletvac Ltd | Investigative | Packaging | $20,000 | 2018 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Te Pae Tata | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $264,000 | 2017 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Closed |
| Para Kore ki Te Hiku o te Ika (Far North) | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $132,000 | 2014 | Northland | Completed |
| Para Kore ki Ruapehu | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $132,000 | 2015 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Para Kore ki Raukawa, ki Hauraki, ki Waikato | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $156,000 | 2011 | Waikato | Completed |
| Para kore Mā Pango, Mā Whero | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $528,000 | 2016 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Whakamaua Kia Tina | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $528,000 | 2018 | Multi-regional | In progress |
| Para Kore ki Te Moana a Toi te Huatahi | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $160,000 | 2013 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Para Kore ki Te Whānau-ā- Apanui | Para Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $209,100 | 2020 | Te Tairawhiti | In progress |
| Para Kore: Taranaki Te Tau Ihu O te Waka a Maui | Pare Kore Marae Incorporated | Education and awareness | Packaging | $139,840 | 2012 | Taranaki | Completed |
| Refinery Waste to Energy | Pioneer Generation Limited trading as Energy for Industry | Investigative | Potentially hazardous | $58,000 | 2013 | Northland | Completed |
| Advancing the New Plastics Economy in Aotearoa | Plastics New Zealand Incorporated | Services | Packaging | $1,084,840 | 2019 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Bio-converting organic waste into high quality nutritional ingredients | Prescient Nutrition New Zealand Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $54,550 | 2016 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Product Stewardship Solutions - End of life tyres | Product Stewardship Foundation Incorporated | Investigative | Tyres | $154,802 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Identifying and Mapping Countdown’s Circular Opportunities | Progressive Enterprises Limited | Services | Packaging | $70,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| LiteClub - Waste Minimisation | Project Litefoot Trust | Education and awareness | Packaging | $197,114 | 2012 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| RCN e-cycle | RCN and Associates Limited | Education and awareness | E-waste | $1,071,305 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| E-waste recovery from a nationwide network of collection points | RCN and Associates Limited | Services | E-waste | $400,000 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Upgrading used refrigerant collection process to safely Collect and Destroy Flammable Synthetic Refrigerants | Refrigerant Recovery | Infrastructure | Potentially hazardous | $55,000 | 2014 | Auckland | Completed |
| Maximising Effectiveness of Product Stewardship for Refrigerants to inform industry request for Minister to consider declaration of refrigerants as a priority product | Refrigerant Recovery NZ Limited | Investigative | Other | $137,004 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| We Compost | Resourceful Solutions Limited | Services | Food waste | $67,000 | 2011 | Auckland | Completed |
| TERAX Waste Deconstruction Technology | Rotorua District Council | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $4,700,000 | 2012 | Bay of Plenty | Partially completed |
| Food Waste Composting | Ruapehu District Council | Infrastructure | Food waste | $180,000 | 2019 | Manawatu-Wanganui | In progress |
| NZ Pulp & Paper Solid Waste Initiative | SCION | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $150,000 | 2012 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Waste 2 Gold: Deconstruction Technologies for Organic Waste Utilisation | SCION | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $1,000,000 | 2010 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Resource Recovery Park development | Seagull Centre Trust | Services | Multiple waste streams | $220,000 | 2018 | Waikato | In progress |
| Recyled resin for plastic film production | Sealed Air | Investigative | Packaging | $190,000 | 2019 | Waikato | In progress |
| Alpine Community Recycling Stations | Selwyn District Council | Services | Multiple waste streams | $155,500 | 2016 | West Coast | Closed |
| Recycling of E-day 2010 E-waste and residual 2009 E-waste | Sims Recycling Solutions | Services | E-waste | $550,000 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Legacy TV Recycling | Sims Recycling Solutions | Services | E-waste | $4,845,402 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| E-waste Product Stewardship | SLR | Investigative | E-waste | $170,000 | 2014 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Tasman MRF Automated sorting upgrade | Smart Environmental Limited | Infrastructure | Packaging | $150,000 | 2018 | Nelson | In progress |
| Feasibility of recovering CCA preservative chemicals and lignin from treated waste wood | Solvent Rescue | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $400,000 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Electronic and white ware recycling programme Expansion | South Waikato Achievement Trust | Infrastructure | E-waste | $177,940 | 2015 | Waikato | Completed |
| Changing Waste Ways | South Waikato District Council | Education and awareness | Other | $150,000 | 2019 | Waikato | Completed |
| Glass Recycling South Westland | South Westland Rubbish Removals | Infrastructure | Packaging | $140,000 | 2011 | West Coast | Completed |
| Second Life EV Batteries - Strategy for New Zealand | Strategic Lift Ltd | Investigative | E-waste | $40,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Milk Bottle reincarnation | Sulo Talbot Limited | Investigative | Packaging | $141,000 | 2010 | Auckland | Completed |
| We Compost – organic waste data collection project | Super Trash Limited | Other | Organics including biosolids | $80,500 | 2018 | Auckland | Completed |
| Your Sustainable School | Sustainability Trust | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $156,945 | 2017 | Wellington | Completed |
| Your Sustainable Schools National Training | Sustainability Trust | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $194,082 | 2019 | Wellington | In progress |
| Waste Not | Sustainability Trust | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $135,000 | 2011 | Wellington | Completed |
| A grass roots solution to litter in New Zealand | Sustainable Coastlines Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $2,658,993 | 2017 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Independent review of public litter and evaluation of waste minimisation interventions in New Zealand | Sustainable Coastlines Incorporated | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $261,250 | 2016 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Pilot Study for a portable interactive educational display focussed on waste minimisation | Sustainable Coastlines Incorporated | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $110,414 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Closing the Loop | Sustainable Kaipara Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $46,300 | 2019 | Northland | In progress |
| Kaipara District Compost Options Assessment Feasibility Study and Trial | Sustainable Kaipara Limited | Services | Organics including biosolids | $315,147 | 2019 | Northland | In progress |
| Future Living Skills | Sustainable Living Education Trust | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $77,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Kerbside Glass Recycling - Crate Supply | Tauranga City Council | Infrastructure | Packaging | $330,000 | 2018 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| E-waste Product Stewardship in New Zealand | TechCollect NZ | Investigative | E-waste | $320,000 | 2019 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Technix Crumb Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumen Process | Modified Bitumen Process | Infrastructure | Tyre | $507,000 | 2019 | New Plymouth | In progress |
| Up the Pipe Solutions: enhancing the recovery of household wastes | The Cawthron Institute Trust Board | Education and awareness | Organics including biosolids | $199,968 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Digital Wings | The Digital Wings Trust | Services | E-waste | $360,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| Waste Minimisation Early Childhood | The Enviroschools Foundation | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $420,815 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Used To Useful (Textile Reuse Programme) | The Formary | Investigative | Other | $167,805 | 2019 | Nationwide | In progress |
| NZ Textile Reuse Programme | The Formary Limited | Investigative | Other | $45,000 | 2017 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| New Zealand Textile Reuse Programme | The Formary Limited | Infrastructure | Other | $112,800 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Glenorchy Community Composting Initiative | The Headwaters | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $92,445 | 2018 | Otago | In progress |
| Turning the tide on plastic microparticles | The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $80,000 | 2017 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| MDF Panel Boards Utilising Crumb Rubber Sourced from End of Life Tyres | The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Tyres | $100,000 | 2015 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Acoustic Building Products from End of Life Tyre Sourced Crumb Rubber | The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Tyres | $178,000 | 2015 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Extrusion devulcanisation of waste tyres for to replace imported polymers | The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Tyres | $182,550 | 2015 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Novel chemical remediation of CCA-treated Pinus radiata | The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) | Investigative | Timber | $163,500 | 2016 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Litter Less Recycle More | The Packaging Forum | Education and awareness | Packaging | $836,160 | 2016 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Recycling of Post Consumer Soft Plastic Packaging | The Packaging Forum Incorporated | Services | Packaging | $700,930 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| The Relocatable House Co. – Relocatable Housing Park | The Relocatable House Co. | Infrastructure | Timber | $155,500 | 2016 | Bay of Plenty | Partially completed |
| Thames Resource Recovery Park | The Seagull Centre Trust | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $220,058 | 2015 | Waikato | Completed |
| Product Stewardship Campaign | Sustainable Business Network Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $160,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | Completed |
| The Warehouse TV Recycling Take Back Promotion | The Warehouse | Services | E-waste | $920,000 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| End of Life Tyres as sustainable building products | Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology | Investigative | Tyres | $60,000 | 2015 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Amnesty to facilitate final PCB Disposal | Transpacific Technical Service New Zealand Limited | Services | Potentially hazardous | $371,300 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Tyregone Pyrolysis Project, Investigation and Development | Tyregone Processors Limited | Investigative | Tyres | $300,000 | 2010 | Auckland | Partially completed |
| Remediation of asbestos contaminated soil: an alternative to landfill disposal | Unitec Institute of Technology | Investigative | Other | $393,595 | 2018 | Auckland | In progress |
| Agriwaste to Wealth | University of Otago | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $40,000 | 2012 | Otago | Completed |
| Operation 3Rs (Rethink, Reduce, Recycle) for Packaging in NZ | Upper Clutha Recycling and Environmental Society Incorporated | Education and awareness | Packaging | $79,270 | 2010 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Smart Packaging Choices to reduce environmental impact of packaging | Upper Clutha Recycling and Environmental Society Incorporated | Education and awareness | Packaging | $118,985 | 2011 | Nationwide | Completed |
| TV Take-back Programme | Various | Services | E-waste | $11,500,000 | 2012 | Nationwide | Partially completed |
| Whaingaroa Organic Waste Diversion to Compost Phase 2 | Waikato District Council | Services | Food waste | $149,463 | 2015 | Waikato | Completed |
| Kaivolution & WEC E-Cycle Expansion | Waikato Environment Centre | Infrastructure | E-waste | $150,000 | 2016 | Waikato | Completed |
| Adding value to problem organic waste using pyrolysis - a case study in the Waikato | Waikato Regional Council | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $159,000 | 2010 | Waikato | Completed |
| Mobilising for serious waste reduction | Wanaka Wastebusters | Education and awareness | Packaging | $142,378 | 2012 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Unpackit Best and Worst Packaging Awards | Wanaka Wastebusters | Education and awareness | Packaging | $142,378 | 2012 | Nationwide | Completed |
| ResOURceful Communities | Wanaka Wastebusters Limited | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $121,828 | 2018 | Otago | In progress |
| Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre | Wanganui District Council | Infrastructure | Multiple waste streams | $405,000 | 2012 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Zero Waste Education - Te Reo | Waste Education NZ Limited | Education and awareness | Packaging | $59,900 | 2011 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Rethinking Rubbish | Waste Management Institute New Zealand Incorporated | Education and awareness | Multiple waste streams | $425,000 | 2018 | Nationwide | In progress |
| New Zealand Large Battery Product Stewardship Scheme Design | Waste Management Institute NZ | Services | E-waste | $97,200 | 2019 | Nationwide | Completed |
| National Waste Data Framework | Waste Management Institute of New Zealand Incorporated | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $97,500 | 2013 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Waste tyre disposal - national expansion | Waste Management New Zealand | Services | Tyres | $3,851,005 | 2015 | Nationwide | In progress |
| PCB collection & disposal programme | Waste Management New Zealand | Services | Potentially hazardous | $324,166 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Amnesty to facilitate final PCB disposal | Waste Management Technical Services | Services | Potentially hazardous | $550,400 | 2012 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Carbon Recovery - Tyre Back Programme | Waste Watchers Limited | Infrastructure | Tyres | $164,000 | 2011 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Love Food Hate Waste | WasteMINZ | Education and awareness | Food waste | $460,000 | 2015 | Nationwide | Completed |
| Waste Revolution | Waste Revolution Partnership | Infrastructure | Construction and Demolition | $1,129,363 | 2019 | Auckland | In progress |
| Waste Oil Alternative Fuels | Wellington Institute of Technology | Services | Potentially hazardous | $150,000 | 2011 | Wellington | Completed |
| Composted Waste Feasibility Study | Wellington Zoo Trust | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $30,000 | 2016 | Wellington | Completed |
| WSC Waste Wise Project | Western Springs College | Infrastructure | Packaging | $55,160 | 2011 | Auckland | Completed |
| Fortnightly Kerbside Collection of Glass | Westland District Council | Investigative | Packaging | $30,000 | 2010 | West Coast | Completed |
| Nutrient recycling and sludge reduction from the Palmerston North City Council Wastewater treatment plant | Wetox Limited | Investigative | Organics including biosolids | $1,094,050 | 2011 | Manawatu-Wanganui | Completed |
| Whakatane District Council Green Waste Composting facility | Whakatane District Council | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $180,000 | 2015 | Bay of Plenty | Completed |
| Skip the Skips | Winstone Wallboards Limited | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $99,000 | 2019 | Auckland | In progress |
| Designing Out Construction Waste Feasibility Study | Winstone Wallboards Limited | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $105,000 | 2014 | Multi-regional | Completed |
| Waste Plasterboard Minimisation | Winstone Wallboards Limited | Investigative | Construction and demolition | $90,000 | 2011 | Canterbury | Completed |
| Large commercial worm farm | Worms R Us (Ecostock) | Infrastructure | Organics including biosolids | $30,000 | 2016 | Auckland | Completed |
| Waste Plastic augmented chipseals. Delivering a circular economy for sustainable road surfaces | WSP Opus International Consultants Limited | Investigative | Multiple waste streams | $184,000 | 2018 | Wellington | Completed |
| Whaingaroa Organic Waste Recycling Trials | Xtreme Waste Incorporated Society | Investigative | Food waste | $18,000 | 2011 | Waikato | Completed |
| Whaingaroa Organic Waste Recycling Feasibility Study | Xtreme Waste Incorporated Society | Investigative | Food waste | $21,740 | 2010 | Waikato | Completed |
| Forecourt Recycling Solution | Z Energy | Services | Multiple waste streams | $218,000 | 2016 | Multi-regional | Completed |