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Every year, we allocate funding for current environmental challenges across all three of our purposes.

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The Community Plastics cleanup

The Community Plastics cleanup is a collaboration between The Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund and 18 SpareBank 1 foundations across Norway.

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Reduced plastic bag usage and sustainable alternatives

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Reduced plastic bag usage and sustainable alternatives

We must use fewer plastic carrier bags per person, use bin liners for waste, and reusable bags or other reusable solutions when shopping.

Closed2025

Reduce plastic litter from outdoor artificial turf pitches

Rubber granulate from outdoor artificial turf pitches results in an annual microplastic emission of approximately 1500 tonnes. Fortunately, there are effective solutions to prevent this. In collaboration with the Norwegian Football Federation, the Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund will support t

Closed2025

Reduced plastic use and circular plastics economy

The aim of the call for applications is to support a smaller number of projects with great potential to transform the use of plastics and the plastics economy in Norway. We will prioritise projects that can demonstrate significant environmental effects and a clear impact on the Norwegian plastics sy

Closed2025

From Leakage to Solution - Stop Plastic Litter

Monitoring data from the Cleanup Norway in Time programme documents that plastic waste from sea-based industries such as fisheries, aquaculture, and the maritime sector, as well as consumer-related plastic products and packaging, are the dominant types of plastic litter in Norway, in terms of weight

Closed2025

Cleanup along priority rivers with high levels of plastic litter

The call aims to contribute to cleaning along 19 prioritised rivers with significant plastic litter. The rivers and the cleaning areas along these rivers have been selected based on NORCE's report Plastic in Norwegian rivers and feedback from volunteers to the Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund.

Closed2025

Mobilisation for plastic litter cleanup

Mobilise many volunteers, such as schools, voluntary organisations or local communities Organise many cleanup events over an extended period Have the potential to collect large amounts of plastic Contribute to collaboration across voluntary organisations, businesses and public entities Provide a soc

Closed2024

Reduced plastic use and circular plastics economy 2024

The aim of the call is to support projects that contribute to reducing the amount of plastic through extended lifespan of plastic and packaging products, primarily by better design and new business models that include repair and reuse. The call is exclusively directed towards the packaging, textiles

Closed2024

Reduced plastic bag usage and sustainable alternatives

We must use fewer plastic carrier bags per person, use bin liners for waste, and reusable bags or other reusable solutions when shopping. All types of businesses that want to contribute to reducing the use of plastic bags can apply. Announced framework: NOK 3 million Project duration: Must be comple

Closed2024

Mobilisation for voluntary cleanup

The call for applications aims to maintain and increase the voluntary cleanup of plastic litter in Norway. The goal is to mobilise larger actions, creating engagement across volunteers, businesses, and public entities. All organisations that organise voluntary cleanup of plastic litter can apply for

Closed2024

Prevention of Plastic Litter 2024

The call is aimed at initiatives that prevent plastic litter from reaching the sea, waterways, and land. Grants may be applied for projects that prevent plastic littering throughout the entire value chain and are carried out in Norway. All actors that can contribute with concrete measures to prevent

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