B.C. Funding New Ways To Reduce Plastic Waste In Communities

More B.C. businesses and organizations are receiving funding to provide innovative solutions to recycle and reuse plastic.

The CleanBC Plastics Action Fund supports innovative projects that prevent and reduce plastic waste in B.C.

First launched in 2020, the fund has invested almost $40 million into projects that address the pressing issue of plastic waste.

Thirty projects have already received funding in previous phases.

The Province is providing more than $14 million this year to local businesses, foundations and First Nations to develop creative and effective ways to repair, reuse and recycle plastics into new products to reduce waste.

This funding will support 32 projects and create more than 100 new jobs throughout BC.

Nine of the 32 projects in this round are Indigenous led, with recipients from the Indigenous projects category receiving more than $800,000.

That brings the total funding for Indigenous projects from the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund to more than $2 million spread across 16 projects.

The CleanBC Plastics Action Fund builds on other actions, including efforts to reduce single-use plastics, expanding producer-funded recycling programs and funding the largest shoreline cleanup of ocean plastics in provincial history through the Clean Coast, Clean Waters initiative.

To learn more, visit Government of British Columbia.