Greening Greater Manchester was established in 1998 to utilise landfill tax credits in supporting small-scale projects that often struggle to attract regeneration funding. Landfill Tax is a tax on waste, which aims to encourage recycling and sustainable waste management by increasing the cost of waste disposal.

 

The Landfill Tax regulations allow landfill operators to direct a small percentage of the tax to fund environmental and community projects.

 

Landfill tax credits must be spent in compliance with the landfill tax regulations. These incorporate a number of approved environmental purposes.

 

Greening Greater Manchester can fund projects which help to deliver the following:

• The provision, maintenance or improvement of a public parks or another amenity
• The conservation and promotion of biological diversity

 

For more information about the Landfill Communities Fund, see www.entrust.org.uk