Funding available varies but may be up to £50,000 and often third party funding of 10% has to be found.

There are two methods of receiving funding through the LCF. These could be either:

- from an organisation that distributes the monies on a landfill operator's behalf. These are commonly known as Distributive Environmental Bodies (DEBs). You are far more likely to receive money via a DEB than you are directly from a waste management company; or
- directly from a Landfill Operator (LOs)

The most common way to receive funding is to approach a Distributive Environmental Body (DEB). These bodies distribute funds on behalf of the landfill operator or for more than one LOs. DEBs help others to access the LCF monies. Since DEBs handle the majority of the monies that landfill operators give, this avenue is well worth pursuing. Most DEBs will require your organisation to meet certain conditions about the way you will spend the landfill tax money they may give you.

For more information and a list of DEBs in Dorset, visit - www.entrust.org.uk/home/lcf/funders-directory?region=12