Waste Reduction Community Grants

Grants of up to $25,000 are available to support innovative community-based efforts to reduce residential waste and increase participation in the City of Toronto’s waste diversion programs. A priority will be placed on investing in actions that address multi-residential buildings, multi-lingual communities, equity-seeking groups and Neighbourhood Improvement Areas.

The grants support the City’s Long Term Waste Management Strategy and reflect its guiding principles:

·  working with community partners to enhance access to waste diversion programs;

·  increasing public engagement; and

·  working together to deliver services.

The strategy puts priority on reducing and encouraging the prevention of waste, maximizing its value before disposal, and supporting the move towards a circular economy. Waste diversion, which minimizes the amount of waste sent to landfill, follows reduction and reuse in order of priority.

For more information, please visit: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmental-grants-incentives/waste-reduction-community-grants



Or contact staff directly at :



Gowthaman Rajakumar
Waste Reduction Community Grants
Environment & Energy Division
City of Toronto
Metro Hall
55 John Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON M5V 3C6
Telephone: 416-338-8278
Email: livegreengrants@toronto.ca



Please do kindly note that the application must be completed by resident led groups (e.g. Green Teams, School Parent Councils), not the property management.