Budget 2024 cut $52 million out of core funding for Waste Minimisation work currently underway at the Ministry for the Environment and diverted $178 million in targeted waste levy funds to non-waste and core operational activities.
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WasteMINZ Chief Executive Nic Quilty said the winning projects included community-led change projects, educational events, inspirational resource recovery centres and networks, and a taskforce to clean up after Cyclone Gabrielle.