A new round of grants from the BC Governments CleanBC Plastics Action Fund will go to multiple Vancouver Island businesses.
More than $8 million is being provided to 34 new projects across B.C. businesses and First Nations to develop creative and effective ways to repair, reuse, and recycle plastics into new products to help reduce waste.
Minister of Environment and Parks Tamara Davidson said the projects help people live in clean and healthy environments free of waste.
“These projects are finding new and creative ways to make this a reality, while bringing more jobs to communities and supporting local economies throughout the province.”
Deconstructors in Nanaimo will receive $495,000, Brown’s Bay Packaging in Campbell River is getting over $796,000, and Alberni Valley Makerspace Society in Port Alberni will get $190,000.
Four businesses in Victoria will also receive funding.
The fund originally was launched in 2020 and has invested more than $35 million into projects and businesses to help reduce plastic waste in communities.
14 of the 34 projects funded in this round are Indigenous led for more than $1.5 million of the total.
