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Victorian projects taking sustainable actionThe Victorian Government Sustainability Fund Activities Report 2011–12

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The report is a public document and is available online www.sustainability.vic.gov.au. Hard copies are also available by contacting the Sustainability Fund on 1300 363 744 or [email protected]

Victorian projects taking sustainable actionThe Victorian Government Sustainability Fund Activities Report 2011-12

Sustainability Fund 2011-2012Published July 2013 by Sustainability Victoria. ABN 62 019 854 067 Level 28, Urban Workshop 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 AustraliaAlso available on www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

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Contents

1. Introduction2. Victoria’s Landfill Levy at work3. Sustainability Fund governance4. Investment report 2011-2012Case StudiesSustainability Fund allocations 2011-2012

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1. Introduction

PurposeThis Activities Report provides an overview of the support provided from the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund, outlining the major allocations from the Fund as well as improved governance arrangements implemented in 2011-12.

The report is published annually and is part of our commitment to operating transparently and demonstrating how the Victorian Landfll Levy is being invested in projects state-wide.

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2. Victoria’s Landfill Levy at workThe Victorian Government Sustainability Fund is a perpetual fund that is sourced from the Victorian Landfill Levy. The purpose of the Sustainability Fund is to support programs and initiatives that facilitate resource efficiency and waste reduction, as well as assist communities to improve the environment and respond to climate change.

Conserve, Invest and SaveThis year saw a significant investment made by the Victorian Government in sustainable waste management with the announcement of a major package of

initiatives through Conserve, Invest and Save (CIS), with support from the Sustainability Fund.

More than $38 million has been allocated for a range of programs that provide practical local solutions to help businesses and households manage waste and resources more efficiently.

This significant investment underpins the Government’s commitment to building a strong and thriving economy and improving liveability for all Victorians. CIS programs such as Driving Investment for New Recycling (DINR), which has leveraged more than $11million in co-investment from industry, are a prime example of the Government’s policy in action.

A new Priority Statement and guidelinesIn February 2012 a new Priority Statement and guidelines for the Sustainability Fund were announced after a period of public consultation in accordance with the Victorian Environment Protection Act 1970.

The revised statement renews the focus on supporting Victorians to reduce waste and dispose of less waste at landfill – supporting industry, government and communities.

Supporting new grants programsA number of new grants programs supported through strategic allocations from the Fund were announced in 2011-12. These add to the wide range of grant programs already supported by the Fund. Programs supported in previous years and delivered by Victoria’s Environment Portfolio (Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI), Sustainability Victoria (SV), Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and Waste Management Groups) provide direct support to local government, industry and community. Support for council waste grants, litter protection officers and local environment projects are all helping to deliver improved waste management and healthier local environments.

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3. Sustainability Fund governance

About the Sustainability FundA portion of the Victorian Landfill Levy is directed to the Sustainability Fund (after distribution to agencies responsible for Victoria’s waste management system) to support programs and initiatives that facilitate resource efficiency and waste reduction, as well as assisting communities to improve the environment and respond to climate change.

The Victorian Premier and the Minister for Environment and Climate Change are joint administrators of the Fund.

The governance arrangements for the Sustainability Fund are guided by three key elements: the Sustainability Fund Priority Statement, the Sustainability Fund Guidelines and the Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel.

The requirement for these is prescribed in the Environment Protection Act 1970, which sets the framework for operation of the Sustainability Fund.

Sustainability Victoria is the responsible authority for the Sustainability Fund and manages the distribution of funds and maintains the Sustainability Fund Secretariat. Sustainability Victoria is supported in this role by Environment Portfolio partners: the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI), previously the Department of Sustainability and Environment.

A New Priority Statement and GuidelinesThe Sustainability Fund Priority Statement outlines the priorities for Fund allocations. All allocations made from the Fund must be in line with the priorities set out in the statement.

In February 2012, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change announced a new Priority Statement for the Sustainability Fund. This sets out a clear agenda for sustainable waste management in Victoria.

The new statement was shaped by feedback received during a consultation process that successfully engaged a broad cross-section of stakeholders from local government, industry, peak bodies and community groups. This process was carried out in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1970.

The majority of submissions agreed that changes needed to be made to the previous statement and that while the new statement should focus on waste reduction and avoidance, it also should incorporate a broader view of sustainability beyond waste.

This feedback is evident in the approved Priority Statement (page 15).

Sustainability Fund Advisory PanelThe Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel is appointed by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Its role is to:

Provide recommendations for funding to the Premier and Minister, Monitor the progress of projects supported by the Fund, and Provide general advice on the operation of the Fund and other matters.

The Sustainability Fund Secretariat provides secretariat services to the Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel.

Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel membership

Expiry of current term

Mick Murphy OAM (Chair) 11 February 2015

Dr Sarah Ewing 11 February 2015

Jan Boynton 11 February 2015

Anne Dalton 8 July 2015

Joanne Anderson 8 July 2015

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Managing the Fund’s investment in a more resource efficient futureThe Sustainability Fund Secretariat monitors and reports on the performance of programs supported by the Fund. Grantees and Victorian Government departments and agencies regularly report on the progress of programs. The Secretariat also manages the distribution of funds and payments based on performance milestones.

This year saw the completion of a number of projects that were supported in previous years. The Sustainability Fund Secretariat has continued to work with grantees supported in previous years to ensure that lessons learnt and outcomes are shared as projects conclude.

How funds are allocatedThe Sustainability Fund Advisory Panel makes recommendations for funding and ensures that programs align with the Sustainability Fund Priority Statement. The Victorian Premier and Minister for Environment and Climate Change approve allocations in accordance with the requirements of the Environment Protection Act 1970.

Two types of allocations can be made from the Fund. They are:

1) strategic program allocations to Victorian Government departments and agencies to deliver programs (including grants programs); and

2) direct funding for projects.

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Table 1:Sustainability Fund allocations

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Sustainability Fund(arrow labeled "Strategic allocations for priority programs" leads to ... ) Program implementation - Victorian Government agencies and authorities(another arrow labeled "At times the Sustainability Fund may provide funding directly" leads to ... )Funding Support - Funding for grants, rebates and direct support - to Local Government, community organisations, industry(an arrow also leads from Program Implementation to Funding Support and is labeled "Program delivery"

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4. Investment report 2011-2012In 2011-2012 strategic allocations were made to support the government’s Conserve Invest and Save strategy and other Environment Portfolio waste and resource efficiency programs.

A number of grants were also announced for allocations made in previous years. A complete list is published in this report – Appendix 1.

Strategic allocationsThe Minister for Environment and Climate Change announced a number of strategic allocations that will further support Victorians to reduce waste and increase recycling.

Conserve, Invest and Save is a major investment in sustainable waste management. It will enhance Victoria’s recycling efforts and improve recycling infrastructure.

Through the new package $21.3 million in support is being provided from the Fund for organics market development, a new organics strategy and to support Regional Waste Management Groups and improvements to regional landfills. Further initiatives announced in June 2012 will extend the Driving Investment for New Recycling grants program and support renewed resource recovery infrastructure. Further details of the package are outlined in Case Study 1.

An additional $19,925,000 will support resource efficiency initiatives and programs to be delivered by the Environment Portfolio agencies in 2012-13 and beyond.

While the allocations are made to Victorian Government departments and agencies to deliver the Conserve, Invest and Save programs, the majority of this funding will go directly to recipients in industry, local government and community through various grant programs. A portion of each allocation is used to administer the programs and undertake activities that directly benefit those recipients. The following graph provides a breakdown of the end recipients of the Conserve, Invest and Save programs.

Conserve, Invest and Save End recipients<transcriber’s note> A pie chart is shown with the following data </transcriber’s note>

State Government (program delivery) $7,761,748Local Government $10,802,640Industry $19,310,612Community (NGOs, community groups etc.) $350,000Waste Management Groups $3,000,000

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Table 1 - Strategic allocations made in 2011-12 Conserve, Invest and Save packagePrograms Beneficiary Organisation Funding

AmountRegional Organics Strategy Industry, local

governmentSustainability Victoria

$2,500,000

Organics Market Development Industry Sustainability Victoria

$500,000

Resource Recovery Infrastructure

Industry Sustainability Victoria

$6,500,000

RWMGs Support Package Regional Waste Management Groups

Sustainability Victoria

$3,000,000

Driving Investment for New Recycling (R1 and 2)

Industry Sustainability Victoria

$5,000,000

Metropolitan Organics Strategy Local government

Metropolitan Waste Management Group

$3,300,000

Rural Landfill Improvement Package

Local government, industry

Environment Protection Authority

$500,000

Further Conserve, Invest and Save initiatives commencing in 2012/13 and delivered by the Environment Portfolio

Industry, local government, community

Environment Portfolio

$19,925,000

For more information about Conserve, Invest and Save, see Case Studies (page 12).

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Supporting a range of grant programs for local government, community and industrySustainability Fund support has been vital in the establishment of a number of grant programs supporting business, local government and community groups. New grants programs were also announced in 2011-12 and are due to roll out in 2012-13. These programs are funded through strategic allocations from the Sustainability Fund and managed by Victorian Government departments and agencies.This is a key mechanism for investing Landfill Levy resources into programs that actively support improved waste management and recycling.

Grant programs established with Fund support are enabling councils to increase kerbside recycling rates, boost rates of home composting, provide litter prevention officers in local councils and reduce waste in home construction.

In 2011-12 funding was provided to 157 projects through the following grants programs:

Beyond Waste Fund Communities for Nature Litter Prevention Officers, and Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Fund.

A list of grant programs developed with Sustainability Fund support over the past two years is outlined in Table 2.

A complete list of all grants allocated in 2011-12 through these programs is included in this report – Appendix 2. This list is also published in Sustainability Victoria’s 2011-2012 Annual Report.

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Table 2: Grants allocated in 2011-12 with support from the Sustainability FundGrants Program

Focus Delivery agency Beneficiaries Grants allocated in 2011-12

Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Fund Grants Program

Funding for metropolitan local governments

Metropolitan Regional Waste Management Group

Local councils

Round one – 11 grantsRound two – 18 grants

Beyond Waste Fund

Funding for local government and business to tackle waste avoidance and re-use of waste products

Sustainability Victoria (Previously managed by Environment Protection Authority)

Industry 10 grants in 2011-12

Communities for On ground Department of Community 110 grants

Grants Program

Focus Delivery agency Beneficiaries Grants allocated in 2011-12

Nature environmental works with local communities

Environment and Primary Industries (Previously Department of Sustainability and Environment)

in 2011-12

Litter Prevention Officers Program

Litter Prevention Officers in Local Government


Local councils

9 grants for 9 LPOs employed across 14 councils

Roadside Litter Grants Program Round 1

Funding for public land managers to implement roadside litter prevention campaigns

Sustainability Victoria

Community 8 grants in 2011-12

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Case StudiesThis year has seen the completion of a number of programs established with Sustainability Fund support. In addition, new funding and support programs are supporting improved recycling and waste management in Victoria.

These programs are delivered by organisations across the Environment Portfolio - Sustainability Victoria, the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, the Environment Protection Authority and the Metropolitan Waste Management Group.

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Conserve, Invest and SaveThe Sustainability Fund this year supported a major investment in Victoria’s sustainability with the announcement of the Conserve, Invest and Save initiatives. These will further support the Victorian Government’s commitment to sustainable waste management in the State.

These initiatives are delivered by a range of Victorian Government departments and agencies, including Sustainability Victoria, the Department of Environment and Primary Industries and the Environment Protection Authority. The Sustainability Fund Secretariat works closely with these agencies to ensure smooth funding arrangements, reporting and project delivery.

New strategic initiatives supported by the Sustainability Fund as part of the Victorian Government’s Conserve, Invest and Save strategy, include:

Metropolitan Organics Strategy and Organics Market Development (delivered by Sustainability Victoria and Metropolitan Waste Management Group): $3.8 million from the Sustainability Fund to support and develop organics recycling across Melbourne and to transform food and garden waste into valuable products.

Rural Organics Strategy (delivered by Sustainability Victoria): $2.5 million from the Sustainability Fund to increase the recovery of garden and food organics from the landfill waste stream in regional Victoria by supporting:

– development of sustainable markets– installation of new or additional infrastructure, or– implementation of efficient collection systems.

Rural Landfill Improvement (delivered by EPA): $500,000 for environmental and financial risk assessment of rural landfills, to be conducted by the Environment Protection Authority. (This is part of a $3.5 million package, to help rural landfill operators transition to best practice standards. Additional funding is provided through Sustainability Victoria).

Driving Investment for New Recycling Round 1 and 2 (delivered by Sustainability Victoria): $5 million grants program to support the installation of new infrastructure or to upgrade existing infrastructure to improve the collection, sorting and/or treatment of commercial and industrial waste and municipal solid waste.

Resource Recovery Infrastructure (delivered by Sustainability Victoria): $6.5 million grants program for resource recovery infrastructure at landfills, specifically targeting large-scale projects.

Regional Waste Management Groups support package (delivered by Sustainability Victoria): $3 million to be distributed to Regional Waste Management Groups (RWMGs) to improve:

– resource recovery in regional Victoria, and– the capability of Victoria’s RWMGs to implement waste projects.

A key feature of these projects is the sustainable investment of Landfill Levy funds back into projects and programs that will improve Victoria’s waste infrastructure and optimise waste avoidance, reuse and recovery.

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Driving Investment for New Recycling FundDriving Investment for New Recycling (DINR) is a $5 million grant fund, leveraging more than $11 million in co-investment from private industry, to increase the recovery of materials that are a valuable resource or pose a threat to our environment.

DINR will create up to 70 new jobs and recover almost 2 million tonnes of valuable resources over the next 10 years.

In 2010, Sustainability Victoria funded nine organisations through DINR.

Polymer Processors and the Victorian Government co-invested almost $1.9 million to install equipment that can wash, shred and pelletise used agricultural silage wrap.Approximately 9,000 tonnes of plastic packaging is used for fodder protection of Victorian farms every year with around 85 per cent currently burnt or buried. Polymer Processors estimates recovery from between 1000 to 2000 tonnes of silage wrap in the first year, increasing to 5000 tonnes after three years.

Another recipient, Resource GV, received $20,000 to increase the recovery of mercury contained in lights, in partnership with six regional councils.

Resource GV mounted "Tube Terminators" on trailers that travel across the Goulburn Valley providing a free recycling service for fluorescent lights."Fluoro-collect" has a target of recycling 200,000 lights within the first three years of operation.

DINR is managed by Sustainability Victoria with funding from the Sustainability Fund.

Local Government Litter Prevention Officer ProgramThis funding program is providing $1.6 million in direct support to local government to employ Litter Prevention Officers to carry out practical measures to reduce litter and illegal dumping.

Through the grants program, nine Litter Prevention Officers (LPOs) have been employed for two years to work on litter prevention programs in 14 councils across metropolitan and regional Victoria. In Q4 2011-12 one council was unable to continue in the program. The remaining funds have been directed towards increased training opportunities.

Fines, direct enforcement, patrolling known hot spots and educating businesses and the wider community on best practice waste disposal are some of the activities that LPOs are undertaking in local government areas.

The program commenced in November 2011, and in the six months to June 2012, the program made a real difference in local areas. Evidence has shown that due to the increase in intervention activities, capacity building and media, there has been a decrease in illegal dumping and an increase in litter fines and infringement notices. For example, the City of Darebin resolved more than 820 litter reports, with more than 260 litter fines and 215 infringement notices issued in the same period. City of Greater Dandenong saw a 17 per cent decrease in littering reports in the final quarter compared to the previous.

The LPOs have created a strong network providing assistance and support to each other to resolve litter and illegal dumping related issues. The program is currently being evaluated.

The program is managed by the Environment Protection Authority with funding from the Sustainability Fund.

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Metropolitan Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery FundEstablished to foster best practice in waste management and recycling, the Metropolitan Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Fund has supported 24 projects. This is part of a $5.5 million investment from the Sustainability Fund in 2010 to support the implementation of the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic Plan.

Projects are addressing mattress recycling, diverting food waste in Melbourne’s CBD, encouraging greater home composting and supporting greater recycling from multi-unit developments.

The program is delivered by the Metropolitan Waste Management Group with funding from the Sustainability Fund.

Communities for NatureIn April 2012 Minister Ryan Smith announced $4.5 million for 123 local environment projects to support practical local action through the first round of Communities for Nature grants.

The $20 million program provides large and small grants to community organisations, schools and volunteer groups to conduct work that will protect and enhance the local environment.

Friends groups, local schools, Landcare groups and other community organisations received support for projects that will carry out re-vegetation works, establish wildlife corridors and enhance local biodiversity.

Communities for Nature is managed by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries with funding from the Sustainability Fund.

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The Priority Statement of the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund

February 2012

ObjectivesThe Victorian Government recognises the importance of partnering with business, local government and the broader Victorian community to improve our environment and use our resources efficiently.

The Sustainability Fund is a perpetual fund that receives money collected from Victorian landfill levies. The purpose of the Sustainability Fund is to support

programs and initiatives that facilitate resource efficiency and waste reduction, as well as assisting communities to improve the environment and respond to climate change.

For the period of this Priority Statement, the Sustainability Fund will prioritise initiatives that address the following:

1. As a first priority, the Sustainability Fund will provide funding to:a) support Victorians to reduce waste and dispose less waste to landfill;b) support innovators in the waste management and recycling industry

and local government who are willing to invest early in better technologies, facilities and services; and/or

c) remove logistical and systemic obstacles to recovering commercial value from otherwise abandoned material.

2. As a second priority, funding will be provided for initiatives to assist all sectors of the community to improve our environment, respond to climate change, use our resources efficiently and to support sustainability to advance the social and economic development of Victoria.

The Hon TED BAILLIEU MP PremierThe Hon RYAN SMITH MPMinister for Environment and Climate Change

"Sustainability Fund" or the "Fund" means the fund established within the Environment Protection Fund with money referred to in section 70(3)(aba) of the EP Act (referred to in section 70F(1) of the EP Act as the "Climate Communities Fund Account").

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Sustainability Fund allocations 2011-2012

Projects overseen by Sustainability Victoria

Funding program: Beyond Waste Fund Grants Program – Round 1 (previously managed by EPA)

Organisation Project Funding Amount

Western Health A financial, environmental and microbiological assessment of reusable versus single use plastic anesthetic circuits

$18,320

City of Whittlesea Food Industry Beyond Waste Project $166,200

Geelong Manufacturing Council & HLB Mann Judd

Geelong Regional Collaborative Beyond Waste Network

$402,700


Insights to Excellence (i2e) Beyond Waste Insights $45,000

Burbank Australia Target Zero Waste Home Construction $298,000

City of Greater Dandenong SEBN Transport Packaging Waste Minimisation project

$50,000

Metricon Homes Waste stream analysis of home design and construction, and the elimination of material waste.

$200,000

RMIT University A Supply Chain Management Framework for Waste Minimisation for the Residential Sector

$112,480

Victorian Employer’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI)

Small and Medium sized Enterprises Waste Audits – Research

$55,000

Restaurant and Catering Association (Australia)

Green Table Waste Reduction Pilot Program

$94,601

Funding program: Roadside Litter Grants Program – Round 1Organisation Project Funding

AmountCalder Regional Waste Management Group

CHILI Squad – Calder Highway Illegal Dumping and Litter Investigation Squad

$50,000

Resource GV (Goulburn Valley Regional Waste Management Group)

Act on tourism litter in northern Victoria

$30,000

Cardinia Shire Council Keep Cardinia Clean $26,345

NevRwaste (North East Victorian Regional Waste Management Group

Secure your load or secure a fine $26,322

NevRwaste (North East Victorian Regional Waste Management Group)

Take Away Litter campaign (Cancelled)

$18,500

Parks Victoria Roadside Recycling Trailer $10,282

City of Greater Dandenong Keep Railway Parade litter free $10,200

Yarra Ranges Council Enforcement – Roadside Litter Surveillance Cameras

$6,975

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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment

Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding

AmountSurf Beach Sunderland Bay Coastcare

Surf Beach to Sunderland Bay Coastal Boardwalk

$25,000

Neerim District Progress Association

Neerim South Wetlands Habitat Creation Project

$96,485

Greening Australia (Vic) Marlay Point Woodland Restoration $128,513

Friends of Tyers Park Willow Control, Tyers River $70,000

Phillip Island Conservation Society

Protection of Moonahs through Erosion Control, Appley Ave, Red Rocks, Phillip Island

$13,000

South Gippsland Landcare Network

Habitat for Life – Friends of Strzelecki Koalas

$600,000

Yarram Yarram Landcare Network

Jack and Albert River Restoration Project

$600,000

East Gippsland Landcare Network

Enhancing Threatened EVC’s in a Disturbed Landscape

$125,250

East Gippsland Rainforest Conservation Management Network

Preserving Kalimna Gully Rainforest $33,055

Friends of Cape Liptrap Peninsula Including Bald Hill and Kings Flat Reserves

Reconstruction of sections of the Walking Trail at Bald Hill Reserve

$9,900

Rhyll Coast Action The Mirror Bush Project $9,710

Friends Of Tarra Bulga National Park

Rehabilitation of Sycamore Maple Infestation Site at Tarra Bulga

$9,960

Wonthaggi Urban Landcare Group

Enhancing Historic Tank Hill $10,000

Community College Gippsland McMillan Creek Restoration $10,000

Rutherglen Landcare Group Indigo Feral Olive Control Program $96,000

Regent Honeyeater Project Habitat Restoration for Threatened Species – People Power in Action

$30,000

High Country Rail Trail Steering Committee

Extending the High Country Rail Trail Wildlife Corridor

$100,930

Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network

A Blueprint For Woodland Birds In The Broken Boosey

$599,640

Yea Wetlands Committee of Management

Yea Wetland Weed Whackers $25,050


Farm Trees and Land Association and Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group

Riparian Restoration – Upper Ovens River

$149,650

Violet Town Action Group Implementing Stage 2 of the Honeysuckle Recreational Environment Project

$185,090

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AmountStrathbogie RangesConservation Management Network

Strathbogie Ranges:Farm Wetlands for Threatened Woodlands

$137,355

Parklands Albury Wodonga Restoring Nationally Significant Murray River Wetlands and Floodplains

$149,000

Greta Valley Landcare Group Habitat Linking in the Greta Valley $59,615

Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group

Boosting Baranduda Biodiversity $149,665

Euroa Environment Group Seven Creeks Restoration Project $385,000

Body Corporate Strata Plan No 300166

Environmental Weed Removal From Sunday Creek

$4,350

Broken River Environment Group

Goomalibee Pilot Macrofauna Baseline Survey

$10,000

Wallan Environment Group Wallan Crown Land Reserve Weed Removal and Flora Enhancement Project

$7,750

Body Corporate Strata Plan No 300166

Lyndale Park Management Committee – Small Grant

$9,900

Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group

Mid Loddon-CMN’s Shelbourne Nature Conservation Reserve Restoration

$140,770

Harston Community Land Care Group

Stockyard Plain Wetland Community Project

$119,504

Cohuna Neighbourhood House

Revegetation of Gilrole Park Cohuna 3568

$89,840

Connecting Country (Mt Alexander Region)

Enabling Woodland Birds to Thrive in the Mount Alexander Region

$150,000


Whroo Goldfelds Conservation Management Network

Yellow Gums and Goldfields-Nectar for Whroo’s Woodland Birds

$596,840

Sustainable Living in the Mallee

Nyah West Road Reserve Enhancement and Protection

$80,200

St Mary’s School Lancefeld St Mary’s Primary School Revegetation Project

$9,260

Post Office Hill Action Group Chewton Community Working Together to Improve Chewton’s Post Office Hill

$9,900

Baynton Sidonia Landcare Group

Species protection and diversification plus understory focus in Baynton, Sidonia

$6,000

Nyah West Golf Club Nyah West Golf Club Environmental Improvement and Biodiversity Conservation

$10,000

Sunraysia Institute of TAFE Building Capacity Knowledge for Revegetation

$10,000

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Amount

Castlemaine Landcare Group

Moonlight Creek Stage 2 Rehabilitation $4,702

Friends of Campbells Creek Campbells Creek – Streamside Rehabilitation at Winters Flat

$5,285

Newham and District Landcare Group

Hanging Rock Revegetation Project $5,310

Nyah West Landcare Group Nyah West Landcare Group Rabbit Ripping Project

$10,000

Friends of Steele Creek Restoration of Steele Creek: Stream Bank Shrubland: Stage 2

$27,198

Merricks Beach Foreshore Committee of Management

Weed removal from escarpment to allow threatened indigenous plants to flourish and revegetation where appropriate

$17,000

La Trobe University La Trobe University Biodiversity Trail $120,000

National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

Endeavour Fern Gully Rehabilitation and Revegetation Project

$150,000


Flinders Christian Community College

Flinders Christian Community College Biodiversity Enhancement Project

$32,225

Round the Bend Conservation Co-Operative Ltd.

Framework for Strategic Action: Weeds $10,240

Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation

The Biolink Challenge – Community Actions for Western Port

$143,100

Friends of Merri Creek Incorporated

Galada Tamboore Grassland and Escarpment Restoration: Bringing the Management Together

$150,000

Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management

Dromana Foreshore Fern Recovery $21,000

Friends of Birdsland Monbulk Creek/Birdsland Rehabilitation Project, Stage 1

$19,685

Bentleigh West Primary School

Locals Creating Wildlife Passages $28,320

Strathallan Golf Club Strathallan Golf Club Stormwater Capture and Filtering Project

$43,000

Friends of the Eltham Copper Butterfly

Pulling Back From the Brink: An Action Plan for the Eltham Copper Butterfy

$459,210

Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum

Community Supported Habitat Enhancement to Help Save Leadbeater’s Possum

$67,356

Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation Cultural Herit Age Council

Cultural Environment Connections at the Bend of Islands

$25,000

Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers

Woodlands Community Grassland for Endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery

$524,972

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AmountCrib Point Stony Point Foreshore Committee of Management

Protecting the Biodiversity of Crib Point Foreshore Reserve

$44,900


Merri Creek Management Committee

Reversing the Decline of Microserris Scapigera in the Merri Catchment

$149,247

Moreland Energy Foundation Moreland Biodiversity Corridors, Creeks and Streets

$149,500

Emu Plains Racecourse and Recreation Reserve

Emu Plains Reserve Weed Management Project

$100,000

Friends Of Emerald Lake Park

Emerald Lake Park Vegetation Management Project

$600,000

Australasian Native Orchid Society

Diuris Fragrantissima Recovery and Plains Grassland Rehabilitation, Laverton Grasslands

$38,264

Habitat Restoration Fund Restoration of Waterholes Creek for Endangered Flora and Fauna

$56,000

Southern Ranges Environment Alliance

Puffing Billy Trackside Management Plan – Green Tracks

$147,000

Friends of Merri Creek Continuing and Extending Golden Sun Moth Density and Habitat Quality Surveys

$138,374

Dunmoochin Landcare Group Nillumbik’s Conservation Corridors $599,134

Australasian Native Orchid Society

Caladenia Robinsonii, Damp Sands Herb-Rich Woodland/ Healthy Woodland Recovery

$37,908

Friends of Williams Road Beach

Ongoing Restoration of Williams Road Beach – Friends and Mentored Community

$8,103

Hogan Park (Emerald) Committee of Management

Hogan Park Environment Enhancement Project

$10,000

Mornington Railway Preservation Society

Protection of Diuris Punctata Orchid, Mornington Tourist Railway 2012

$6,400

Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee

Wurundjeri Walk Biodiversity Project $2,181

Melbourne Girls College Defragmenting Habitat Along the Yarra River

$10,000

Friends of Edgars Creek Edgars Creek Remnant Indigenous Vegetation Protection and Enhancement

$5,146

Montmorency South Primary School

Montmorency South School Community Bushland Regeneration Project

$9,750

Bellbird Dell Advisory Committee

Bellbird Dell Weeding Program $10,000

Copperfeld College Grassland Habitat Garden $10,000

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AmountBittern Bushland Preservation Association

Community Engagement and Habitat Protection for Threatened Orchids of Crib Point

$10,000

Friends of Westgate Park Restoring Native Vegetation at Westgate Park to Improve Biodiversity Using Community Volunteers

$8,000

Christmas Hills Landcare Group

Woody Weed Control to Improve the Habitat Quality of Remnant Vegetation in Christmas Hills

$9,218

Westbourne Grammar School

The Promenade Habitat Restoration Program

$6,213

Friends of the Williamstown Wetlands

Path to the Birds $10,000

Friends of Sherbrooke Forest

Rehabilitation of Yanakie $10,000

Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management

Dromana Foreshore Rehabilitation Program

$3,585

Scoresby Primary School Scoresby Primary School – Championing Biodiversity Within School Grounds

$9,370

Williamstown High School Williamstown High School Wetland Revival

$30,000

Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley

Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Serrated Tussock / Chilean Needle Control Stage One

$4,800

Leigh Catchment Group Back from the Brink –Communities Growing to Saving Their Landscapes

$126,103

Bellarine Landcare Group Building the Resilience of the Bellarine Ramsar Sites

$133,875

Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail Management Committee

Protection of Pneumatopteris Pennigera (Lime Fern) on the Camperdown Timboon Rail Trail

$23,850

Project Platypus Association

Saving the Platypus in the Upper Wimmera Catchment

$78,000

Ballarat Environment Network

Management of the BEN Biodiversity Reserves

$149,147

Laharum Landcare Group Laharum Landcare Group (Member Of Victorian Farm Tree and Landcare Association Inc.)

$314,000


Lake Cartcarrong Committee

Enhancing Lake Cartcarrong Biodiversity $24,136

The Lismore Land Protection Group

Protecting and Enhancing the Biodiversity Values of the Lismore Region

$308,130

Rokewood Cemetery Trust Fencing and Protection of Native Vegetation within Rokewood Cemetery Extension

$19,937

Dowling Forest Cemetery Trust

Communities for Nature $18,643

Mount Elephant Community Management

Community Enhancement of Mount Elephant Scoria Cone Biodiversity Values

$149,574

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AmountPoint Danger Committee of Management

Point Danger Coastal Heathland Protection and Regeneration Project

$10,000

Southern Otway Landcare Network

Sunnyside Wildlife Corridor $9,990

Avoca & District Landcare Preparing, Propagating and Planting Eucalyptus Pyrenean in the Pyrenees

$6,430

Nelson Reserves Committee of Management

Flora/Fauna Management – Protection and Restoration of Riverside Reserve

$10,000

Wattle Flat-Pootilla Landcare Group

Biodiversity Enhancement on the Upper Yarrowee River (Phase 2)

$9,860

Friends of Ralph Illidge Sanctuary

Naringal Powerful Owl Nest Box Project

$7,150

Landsborough Landcare Group L.B.L.C.W.M.P $9,950

Bannockburn Cemetery Trust Environmental Weed Control at Bannockburn Cemetery

$3,259

Ocean Grove Coastcare Inc Enhancing and Protecting Coastal Moonah Woodland For Improved Biodiversity Outcomes

$10,000

Alvie Tree Planters Red Rock Reserve Revegetation $4,940


Friends of Edwards Point Reserve Inc

Edwards Point Nature Conservation Reserve Revegetation and Weed Removal

$9,100

South West Coast Network Inc Natural Assets: Women In The Environment

$9,240

Warracknabeal Special Developmental School

Environmental Weed Control of the Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal

$5,310

Anglesea Aireys Inlet Society for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna

Edna Bowman Flora Reserve Understorey Restoration

$5,100

Batesford Fyansford Stonehaven Landcare Inc

Restoration of Dog Rock Sanctuary $10,000

Natimuk Pre-School Centre Red-Tailed Black Cockies for Kids – Embracing Early Learning Principles for Conservation

$3,329

Friends of Tower Hill Habitat Restoration at Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve

$10,000

Friends of Griffths Island Bio-Diversity Revegetation Trial – Griffith Island

$4,911

Friends of Grass Tree Park Grass Tree Park Restoration Works $5,625

East Otway Landcare Group Enhancing the Bambra Wetlands $4,000

Birregurra Community Group Birregurra Parkland Creek Restoration $8,370

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Projects overseen by the Metropolitan Waste Management Group

Funding program: Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Fund Grants Program – Round 1Organisation Project Funding

Amount

Melbourne City Council

Improving recycling in high rise residential buildings $175,635


Public housing recycling service trial $49,400

City of Boroondara

Schools as gateways to community behaviour change on waste

$187,500

Cardinia Shire Council

"Halve Your Waste" (education campaign promoting waste reduction options including home composting)

$150,000

City of Darebin Flexible Plastic Kerbside Recycling Trial $60,000


City of Monash Recycling Education Program $53,120

City of Monash Waste and recycling education program for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, including Chinese, Indian and Greek communities

$33,343

Bayside City Council

"Zero Food Waste to Landfill" (trialing the use of new "Green Cone" composting units in the community)

$50,110

City of Kingston "Who’s Eating Your Scraps?" campaign'(food waste reduction and home composting campaign)

$20,688

Moonee Valley City Council

Residential resource recovery program $24,250

Moonee Valley City Council

Moonee Valley waste audit program $5,000

Funding program: Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Fund grants program – Round 2Organisation Project Funding

AmountCity of Darebin Collection and recycling of used mattresses $58,000

City of Knox Collection and recycling of used mattresses $215,000

City of Casey Collection and recycling of used mattresses $97,000


Degraves Street Food Waste and Recycling Project

$223,000

City of Yarra Bin Lid Standardisation Pilot $20,000

City of Yarra Neighbourhood Based Community Compost $242,000

City of Banyule Districts + Lifestyles + Avoiding Waste $25,000

City of Hume Transfer station drop sort pad upgrade $169,417

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City of Darebin Maximising diversion from hard waste and streetscape collections

$18,500

City of Yarra Resource Recovery in multi-unit dwellings

$25,000


City of Maroondah Solutions to waste management in multi-unit dwellings

$18,000

City of Darebin Construction of a Waste Recovery Platform

$80,000

City of Frankston Halve Your Waste Challenge $215,000

City of Casey Casey Composting Communities $74,077

City of Greater Dandenong and Frankston

Multi-unit dwelling Contamination and Recycling

$18,000

City of Maribrynong, City of Boroondara and City of Yarra

Commercial and Industrial Landfill Waste Avoidance Project

$62,400

City of Whitehorse Composting and Food Waste Avoidance

$82,000

City of Brimbank Be a Brimbank Gem $40,000

Strategic allocationsOrganisation Project Funding

AmountSustainability Victoria Regional organics strategy $2,500,000

Sustainability Victoria Organics market development $500,000

Sustainability Victoria Resource recovery infrastructure $6,500,000

Sustainability Victoria RWMGs support package $3,000,000

Sustainability Victoria Driving Investment in New Recycling $5,000,000

Metropolitan Waste Management Group

Metropolitan organics strategy $3,300,000


Rural landfill improvement package $500,000

Environment Portfolio Further details will be provided on the remaining Conserve, Invest and Save initiatives to commence in 2012–13.

$19,925,000

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