Round 2 of the Illegal Dumping and Flood Waste Recovery Program is invite only for councils in NSW Northern Rivers. Funding is available to help assess and clean-up flood related illegal dumping and remaining flood-generated waste from 2022 storms.
Key information
- Status: Not open for application
- Grant amount: No maximum grant value.
Program objective
The objectives of the program are to:
- lawfully manage known ongoing waste issues facing public land managers, including illegal dumping, resulting from the 2022 floods and ensure they do not pose any further risks to humans or the environment.
- reduce the financial impact on public land managers to assess and plan the clean-up, disposal and reuse of waste resulting from the 2022 floods.
- improve data quality on the extent of flood dumping across NSW caused by the 2022 floods. This will provide important baseline evidence of the lingering impact of the floods.
- better prepare public land managers to deter future disaster dumping by supporting the restoration and repair of prevention and deterrence measures.
- provide regional employment opportunities in flood affected areas.
- provide participation opportunities for aboriginal owned businesses and/or aboriginal employment
This program is administered by Environment Protection Authority.
Support and contact
For enquiries regarding this program including eligibility and guidelines, please contact the NSW EPA - Recovery and Resilience Programs Team - recoveryandresilienceprograms@epa.nsw.gov.au.