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Food Waste Reduction Scheme
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The Food Waste Reduction Scheme provides financial support to food businesses in rural areas to encourage projects which cut food waste. This scheme will help to reduce the 1 million tonnes of food waste Ireland produces each year.
The scheme is open to food businesses – retailers, wholesalers and suppliers – in rural areas. Proposals will be assessed through a competitive process.
In order to qualify businesses must:
- be situated in rural areas outside the administrative boundaries of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford
- be up and running and currently operating or have taken steps to be operational in 2022 in rural communities
- demonstrate the proposal is sufficiently advanced to allow final payment by the end of 2022 at the latest
- demonstrate the funding is for current expenditure and not for capital expenditure
- be financially sound
- show technical and professional ability to deliver the proposed initiative
Organisations must also be tax compliant and comply with all the conditions of the scheme. Applications are considered on a competitive basis against the other proposals received. Projects will be assessed on the following criteria:
- quality and technical merit of the proposed initiative
- quality and experience of the proposed team leading the initiative and engagement with stakeholders
- outputs, long-term outcomes and sustainability of initiative
- quality of arrangements for evaluation and ongoing monitoring of the initiative and for management of the relationship with the Contracting Authority
- scale of the initiative, expected costs and expected value for money
The maximum amount that will be paid to any project is €60,000 (excl VAT). The funding covers the total eligible costs of the proposal and the costs must be necessary to carry out the plan. There is no obligation to propose costs up to the maximum budget available of €60,000.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 12:00 (noon) on 8th April 2022. The application form below must be submitted to ridf@agriculture.gov.ie .
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