Photo: Hut built by pupils of Strawberry Hill NS from recycled materials at a carpentry skills workshop funded by a Cork City Council Waste Prevention grant.
25th March 2022.
The grant is funded by the Community, Culture & Placemaking Directorate of Cork City Council as part of its Waste Prevention Programme and its commitments under the Southern Region Waste Management Plan.
The scheme is for Cork city groups to implement waste prevention, re-use and repair initiatives in their local communities and to encourage partnership between local businesses, schools, charities, and community and voluntary groups.
Cork City Council’s Environmental Awareness Officer, Mary Walsh, said: "The Waste Prevention Grants Scheme aims to support the circular economy by encouraging us to re-think how we do things in order not to create waste. Preventing waste is about finding ways to keep items in use for longer and not generating as much waste in the first place. It’s about redesigning, repairing, reusing, building knowledge and skills, changing attitudes and behaviour, working together and thinking creatively.”
The grants are for waste prevention, reuse, repair, and upcycling projects in local schools and communities. Previous projects that received grant aid included the set-up of a wormery, rain-water harvesting, waste-bottle refill stations for schools, textile repair workshops, and furniture upcycling.
Application forms are available to download from www.corkcity.ie or by e-mail request to environmentCCP@corkcity.ie.
Closing date for receipt of applications – Wednesday 27th April 2022.
