Community Waste Diversion Fund
Supporting community waste management projects.
The Community Waste Diversion Fund provides financial support to communities across Newfoundland and Labrador that are finding exciting new ways to reduce, reuse, or recycle more waste.
Program Overview
Municipalities, Indigenous Community Governments, and Local Service Districts may apply for a maximum $25,000 non-repayable contribution for initiatives that foster solid waste diversion in Newfoundland and Labrador.
A community must submit a completed online application form and project budget to be considered.
Applications must demonstrate:
- The waste diversion impact and long-term waste diversion potential for the project
- How residents will have access to and benefit from new or expanded waste diversion opportunities
- How partnerships/engagement with residents, community groups, and/or other communities will support the project
- Your community’s ability to successfully undertake the project
Submission Guidelines
*Please read carefully as there are changes for 2026-27.
- The Community Waste Diversion Fund 2026-2027 Guidelines contain additional information on the application process, including eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria.
- Click here to download the budget template which must be completed and included with your application.
- Click here to apply.
For information on how to apply, call 709-757-0782 or email apply@mmsb.nl.ca.
CWDF Past Recipients
With the help of the Community Waste Diversion Fund, many municipalities, local service districts, and Indigenous government organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador have developed and implemented sustainable waste management programs to ensure a clean and healthy environment.
Eastport, Organics – $16,600
Leaf and yard waste reduction for the communities of Eastport, Salvage and Happy Adventure.
Gambo, Organics – $12,683
Leaf and yard waste reduction to reduce green waste disposal, promote sustainable landscaping practices and increase community participation in recycling.
Grand Bank, Organics – $15,700
Leaf and yard waste reduction for residents, community groups, non-profits, and neighboring communities with drop off opportunities and free mulch.
Grand Falls-Windsor, Organics – $ 7,700
Community composting with the introduction of 5 community tumblers to the community garden.
Lewisporte, Organics – $19,569
Leaf and yard waste reduction generated by both municipal operations and residential properties.
Miles Cove, Infrastructure – $ 9,998
Single use plastics and paper reduction with the introduction of a commercial dishwasher, dinnerware and flatware to eliminate the use of single use plastics and paper products at the town’s community facility.
Mount Pearl, Recycling Re-Education Program – $15,000
Delivery of a community challenge and the introduction of a “Curbside Crusader” character to increase recycling rates.
Placentia, Indiscriminate Dumping – $ 4,401
Surveillance with the installation of six cellular license plate cameras in common dumping areas.
Trinity, Infrastructure – $ 4,959
Funding will support the processing of wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for residential, commercial, and municipal greenspace.
Town of Bauline, Organics – $16,954
Curbside organics collection program.
Town of Englee, Infrastructure – $5,139
Reduce single use plastic water bottles with the installation of two water stations.
Town of Fogo, Organics – $9,400
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Gander, Organics – $15,000
Food waste diversion pilot project.
Town of George’s Brook Milton, Organics – $3,451
Phase 3 of a community composting project.
Town of Glovertown, Organics – $6,130
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Grand Falls-Windsor, Organics – $6,376
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Harbour Grace, Organics – $10,000
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Harbour Main-Chapel’s Cove-Lakeview, Organics – $21,683
Community curbside organic waste collection program.
Town of King’s Cove, Organics – $12,400
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Mainland, Infrastructure – $9,507
Upcycling share program as well and water filling station to reduce single use plastics.
Town of Port Saunders, Infrastructure – $6,656
Reduce single use items with the purchase of a dishwasher and dishes for use by renters at the Town Centre.
Town of Rocky Harbour, Organics – $3,187
Community composting program.
Town of Small Point-Adam’s Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove, Organics – $7,152
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Organics – $10,000
Leaf and yard waste diversion project.
Town of Torbay, Recycling Re-Education – $9,480
A community re-education program to divert more recyclables from waste.
Town of Trinity Bay North, Community Composting – $9,625
Implementation of community composting in four communities and the waste site.
City of Corner Brook, Organic Waste Diversion Through Community Focused Composting – $4,609
Funding will support the expansion of the City’s existing community composting initiatives to improve access for residents through the purchase of four new tumblers.
City of Mount Pearl, Waste Wizard App Development With eLearning Sorting Game – $6,028
Funding will support the development of a waste diversion app, which will house its waste wizard to help residents sort their waste, and an eLearning waste sorting game.
Town of Bauline, Community Compositing Pilot Project – $3,130
Funding will support the purchase of two compost tumblers to be installed in a public park for use by 37 households and approximately 100 residents.
Town of Carmanville, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the processing of wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for the local nature trail and community garden.
Town of Channel – Port aux Basques, Organics – $6,072
Funding will support the processing of wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for green spaces.
Town of Norman’s Cove-Long Cove, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the processing if wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for greenspaces.
Town of Placentia, Plastic Bottle Waste Diversion – $8,000
Funding will promote the use of reusable water bottles over single-use containers through the installation of refrigerated bottle-filling stations throughout the community.
Town of Paradise, The Green Goal – $10,000
Funding will support the development and research of a new project to educate residents on how to divert more waste through recycling and composting.
Town of Spaniard’s Bay, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the processing of wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for residential, commercial and municipal greenspace.
Town of Fogo Island, Textiles Recycling Program – $5,892
Funding will support further growth of a program to recover, reuse, and recycle textiles on Fogo Island through strategic partnerships with schools and community groups.
Town of Pilley’s Island, Textiles Recycling Program – $10,000
Funding will help divert textile waste through the introduction of a program to collect, sort, harvest, redistribute, and recycle textiles into long-life items.
Town of Georges Brook – Milton, Organics – $9,376
Funding will support the purchase of organics equipment to aid in the expansion of an existing Community Composting project.
Town of Pouch Cove, Water Stations – $9,800
Funding will promote the use of reusable water bottles over single use containers through the installation of chilled bottle filling stations.
Town of Stephenville, Community Compost Program – $10,000
Funding will support a new curb-side organic waste collection pilot using an in-vessel composter for processing organic waste.
Town of St. Anthony, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the processing of wood waste and provide a free-of-charge mulching service to residents.
Town of Carbonear, Community Composters – $3,478
Funding will support the purchase of in-vessel composters that will provide an opportunity for residents, local food banks, and nearby restaurants to divert organic waste through community composting.
Town of Summerford, Community Composter – $972
Funding will support the purchase of an in-vessel composter for a new community composting initiative which will be piloted by 20 families to divert organic waste.
Town of Avondale, Organics – $6,583
Funding will support the processing of leaf, yard, and wood waste to be used in community gardens and green spaces.
Town of Lumsden, Recycling Infrastructure and Public Education – $3,612
Funding will support the implementation of recycling infrastructure and education on local beaches and near the Town Hall, so residents and visitors can properly dispose of their waste while protecting local sand dunes and the environment.
Town of Charlottetown, Curb-Side Recycling Program – $7,227
Funding will support a curb-side recycling program. Residents will be provided with infrastructure and a bi-weekly collection of materials that will be diverted from the landfill
Town of St. Lawrence, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the processing of wood and yard waste collected from residents into mulch for the community garden and flower beds.
Town of Carbonear, Organics – $9,264
Funding will support the purchase of organics equipment that can be attached to a truck and moved to residential collection locations throughout the community.
Town of Indian Bay, Organics – $10,000
Funding will support the purchase of organics equipment that will support curb-side collection of brush on a prescheduled basis. The mulch would be used throughout the town and municipal park.
Town of Kippens, Community Compost Infrastructure – $7,248
Funding will support the purchase of three compost tumblers for the community garden, as well as 30 compost catchers for residents to use at home.
Georges Brook, Community Composters – $4,960
Funding will support the purchase four Joracan New Era 401 Composters to be installed at the new community garden. The community composting project will support 18 households.
Town of Gambo, Mulching Tools – $10,000
Funding will support the purchase of a new mulching head with 30″ cut to attach to a Kubota which will allow brush and other wood waste from the trail maintenance program to create mulch for trails and community gardens.
Town of Portugal Cove–St. Philip’s, Community Compost Tumblers – $ 8,297
Funding will support the purchase of four composting tumblers to place around the community for residential use.
Town of Fogo Island, Textiles Recycling Program – $6,879
Funding will support a program to remove, reuse and recover textiles on Fogo Island.
City of St. John’s, Furniture Reuse Project – $11,800
Continued furniture inventory at RHB and pilot with Habitat for Humanity to separate/reuse more streams.
Town of Port au Port West–Aguathuna–Felix Cove, Community Composting Program– $10,000
Establishing a community-based waste management system, involving curb-side collection of household food waste for composting.
Town of Woody Point, Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles – $10,000
Procure and install outdoor bottle filling stations to be placed in locations that everyone has access to.
City of Corner Brook, Community Composting Program – $10,000
Develop three community gardens sites that will house two to three composting units.
Town of Channel–Port aux Basques, Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles – $2,975
Install a water refilling station at the Bruce II Sports Centre, and actively encourage users of the centre to bring in reusable bottles.
Town of Gander, Community Composting Program – $15,000
Buy a mobile power screener that will enable further processing of compost and other aggregates.
Town of Makkovik, Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottles – $1,829
Procure and install water dispensers at eight locations in the town.
Town of Mount Carmel–Mitchell’s Brook–St. Catherine’s, Reducing Single-Use Plates – $8,180
Eliminate single use dinnerware and flatware with permanent alternatives, and purchasing an energy-efficient commercial dishwasher.
Town of Marystown, Organics – $10,000
Procure organics equipment and offer a curb-side chipping service of cleared woody vegetation.
Town of Norris Point, Creation of Waste/Recycling Bins – $4,657
Create a dual bin, shaped in traditional saltbox style homes and/or lighthouses, for waste and recycling to be placed throughout the town.
Town of Carbonear – Expansion of Recycling Program – $7,632
Install two-bin recycling and garbage containers at key locations around the town and to have portable wheelie bins for special events
City of Corner Brook, Glass Crushing/Recycling – $20,000
Following a successful pilot in Phase I, the city plans to implement a full-scale community-wide glass recycling system.
City of Mount Pearl, Residential Wood Waste Chipping and Mulching Program – $10,000
Procure a woodchipper and offer a curb-side collection service of cleared woody vegetation on a prescheduled basis.
Town of Deer Lake, Curbside Organics Collection and Composting – $10,000
Implement a three-stream curb-side collection service to include organics.
Town of Baie Verte, Community Composting Program – $8,220
Provide a drop-off site for leaf/yard waste and kitchen scraps such as fruit/vegetable peels and coffee grounds.
Town of Placentia, Residential Leaf and Yard Waste Mulching – $10,000
Purchase a woodchipper to reduce waste going to landfill from road clearing operations and residential yard work, and to reduce burning and indiscriminate dumping.
Towns Of Woody Point/GBS & Trout River, Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bags – $6,560
The three towns will be passing new bylaws to ban single-use plastic bags and are looking to purchase 1,500 reusable bags to distribute to its residents.
Town of Brigus, Outdoor Recycling Infrastructure and Education – $8,500
Implementation of curbside recycling stations combined with public education.
Town of Cartwright, Reduction Of Single-Use Plastics – $5,000
Plastic bag ban and substitution with reusable and recyclable cloth bags.
City of Corner Brook, Glass Crushing/Recycling – $12,000
Pilot project to use a small glass crusher and milling equipment to pulverize non-beverage glass containers obtained from the public from a single collection point.
Town of Gander, Residential Wood Waste Chipping – $6,400
Purchase a woodchipper and use the material as mulch for its landscaping rather than continue purchasing it.
Town of Hermitage–Sandyville, Aquaculture Feed Bag Study – $9,000
Initiate the process of diverting salmon feed bags from the landfill to a plastics recycling stream.
Town of Main Brook, Backyard Composting – $2,300
Launch of a backyard composting education program.
Town of Port au Choix, Plastic Bag Reduction – $4,800
Removing/reducing use of single-use plastic bags and replacing with reusable cloth bags.
City of St. John’s, Furniture Inventory at RHB and Pilot with Home Again Furniture Bank – $10,000
(i) Record and catalogue furniture waste streams received at the Residential Drop Off, (ii) determine the amount and approximate weight of furniture waste streams received at the RDO, and (iii) assess condition of furniture pieces and divert items that can be immediately reused.
Town of Woody Point, $12,000
Construction of a composting site for organic waste from local restaurants.
Town of Carbonear, Organic Waste Reduction – $10,000
Implementation of a community composting program, providing a drop-off site for leaf and yard waste.
Town of Channel–Port aux Basques, Public Education Materials – $4,186
Plastic bag reduction through public education on phasing out use of single-use plastic bags.
City of Corner Brook, Curbside Give Away – $9,100
Continuation and extension of the city’s “Give Away” waste reduction program. Residents are asked to place their unwanted household materials at the curb in the fall for others who may want them.
Town of Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Community Compost – $6,899.63
Pilot project for voluntary drop-off of organic materials using Jora compost tumblers.
Town of Kippens, Wood Waste Mulching – $10,000
Management of wood waste, which included chipping wood materials into mulch that can be used throughout the community (done in partnership with the Town of Stephenville).
City of St. John’s, Mandatory Recycling Pilot – $10,000
Implementation of a pilot program with a portion of the city to test a mandatory curb-side recycling and clear bag garbage program to qualify issues that arise with residents, aimed at informing a strategy on city-wide mandatory recycling.
City of St. John’s, Leaf Collection by Appointment System – $10,000
Develop a more economical, efficient, and improved environmental approach to the collection of leaves by creating an online registration-by-appointment system.
Towns of Burgeo–Ramea–Francois–Grey River, White Metals Separation/Recycling – $2,000
Pilot project exploring how to get white metals out of the remote communities on a regular sustainable basis.
Town of Cox’s Cove, Curbside Organics Collection and Composting With Private Enterprise (NuMinkInc) – $10,000
The town’s organic waste will be added to the industrial waste already being composted by the company.
Town of Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Mulching Leaf and Yard Waste – $10,000
Obtain a wood chipper to mulch yard waste and clearing/grubbing waste.
Town of Makkovik, Plastic Bag Ban – $4,000
Distribution of reusable bags to residents as well as public education.
City of Mount Pearl, Textile Collection and Recycling – $10,000
Collected textiles at the curb-side from residents on demand, and placed collection bins in the town for drop-off.
City of Mount Pearl, Enforcement of Mandatory Recycling – $10,000
Maximize diversion with random household waste audits coupled with extensive public information and award program.
Town of Port Blandford, Community Composting – $1,000
Small compost containers were built and placed at strategic locations within the community garden, as well as public education.
Town of Postville, Plastic Bag Ban – $1,000
Project involved distribution of reusable bags to residents.