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The Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF) provides grants and loans to municipalities to execute projects that will increase the efficiency of municipal Blue Box recycling and help boost system effectiveness. The CIF started up in January 2008 and has a three year mandate to direct funding support to projects that will:

• identify and implement best practices,
• examine and test emerging technologies,  
• employ innovative solutions to increase blue box materials marketed, and
• promote gains in cost-effectiveness that can be implemented province-wide.

Municipalities are awarded CIF support in two ways. CIF may approach a municipality to take on high priority projects that have been identified as needed by CIF staff, recycling industry experts and CIF committees. Or, municipalities may apply to CIF, identifying community-specific project concepts or those that may be of broader interest.

The application process is completed online and is continuously open.