Waste Reduction and Pollution Prevention (WRAPP) Fund

The WRAPP Fund provides grants to support projects focusing on waste reduction, pollution prevention and innovative waste management practices.

Eligibility Criteria

The following applicants are eligible to apply for WRAPP Funding: Municipalities, local governments including Community Councils and First Nation Communities, provincial government departments, private and non-profit organizations, community groups and associations, educational institutions and industrial, commercial and institutional organizations. Individuals, or groups excluded from the above list, may submit a joint application with an eligible applicant.

Eligible Activities

Grant funds are available for Manitoba based projects that: 

• demonstrate and promote the environmental and economic benefits of reducing or preventing waste;
• showcase local efforts to minimize waste that can be transferred to other communities and regions in Manitoba;
• result in sustainable waste diversion or reduction activities that have measurable results; and
• demonstrate innovative approaches to integrated waste management systems using proven technologies.

Ineligible Applications and Funding Requests:

WRAPP Fund grants will not be awarded to: 

• projects that will result in proprietary knowledge accruing and being held exclusively by the grant recipient; 
• applications for debt financing or cost recovery purposes; 
• real property (land, buildings) and vehicles; 
• ongoing administration and established operational budgets; and 
• initiatives that must be undertaken as a result of a government order, such as removal of petroleum distribution systems, investigations, and remediation. 
• tools or models lacking clear concrete plans for future use, dissemination or replication. 

Summary

Type of Assistance: 

• Financial support is provided for the following priority areas: organic waste management and composting, construction and demolition (C & D) waste management, pollution prevention and model integrated management system development and planning.
• The WRAPP Fund will consider proposals up to four times annually.
• Upon receipt, proposals will be reviewed for eligibility and assessed on technical merit.
• The general funding limit is $50,000. The Minister of Conservation approves all grants made from the WRAPP Fund.
• Any projects approved in excess of $25,000 require treasury board approval.

Manitoba Contact(s):
WRAPP Fund
Pollution Prevention Branch
Manitoba Conservation
160 - 123 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 1A5
Telephone: 204-945-8443
Fax: 204-945-1211
Toll-free (information): 1-800-282-8069 ext. 8443
E-mail: sdif@gov.mb.ca
Web site: http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/pollutionprevention/index.html?