RDN News Release - Zero Waste Funding Grants Awarded

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is pleased to announce $300,000 in grants for five local organizations through the Zero Waste Recycling Funding program have been approved for 2022: Gabriola Island Recycling Organization ($92,000), Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank ($92,000), Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island ($68,000), Nanaimo Recycling Exchange ($45,500) and Island Futures Society ($2,500). The grantees will be using the funding to target the recycling of materials that are currently not part of a stewardship program or an established commercial market and would otherwise end up in the landfill.