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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 sustainabilityfund@sustainability.vic.gov.au
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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<transcriber’s note> Illustration </transcriber’s note>
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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
<transcriber’s note> This illustration contains the headings and paragraphs below each within a large circle with labelled arrows between them as noted </transcriber’s note>
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
Environment Protection Authority
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding
AmountCrib Point Stony Point Foreshore Committee of Management
Protecting the Biodiversity of Crib Point Foreshore Reserve
$44,900
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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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Projects overseen by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
Funding program: Communities for Nature Grants Program – Round OneOrganisation Project Funding
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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
Melbourne City Council
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
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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
Melbourne City Council
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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Organisation Project Funding Amount
City of Darebin Maximising diversion from hard waste and streetscape collections
$18,500
City of Yarra Resource Recovery in multi-unit dwellings
$25,000
Organisation Project Funding Amount
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
Environment Protection Authority
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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