The Lebrina-based small-scale pork producer was a successful grant recipient of the Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group's annual grants program.

Fork it Farm owner Daniel Croker said the grant funding would be used in two ways to embed sustainable practices at the piggery.

"The first way is that we are looking to purchase some machinery to help us clean our glass jars that we use for stocks and soups," Mr Croker said.

"That way we will be able to offer a bottle return system."

Glass bottles are already used on the farm, but consumers can't reuse them for food without an industrial cleaning machine.

However, at the moment, customers can return the bottles to the farm, and the Crokers find a use for them elsewhere on the property.

Mr Croker said it would complement the farm's compostable bags used for its pork products.

"It's [sustainability] at the centre of what we do, it's important to us personally and is embedded in everything we do," he said.

The second project the farm will undertake with the grant funding is to purchase a biochar kiln to incinerate bones.

"One of the biggest waste products we have are the bones of the pig and there's only so much stock and broth we can make," he said.

"The kiln will allow us to put the bones in to be made into biochar, which we can use back on the soil."

Mr Croker said biochar had the benefits of adding carbon to the soil, which resulted in a more nutritional pasture for the pigs to eat.

It helps to fertilise the soil and create a more prosperous environment for the farm and the pigs.

Mr Croker said he would purchase the kiln from a Tasmanian company.

The Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group's grant program allocated $70,000 towards eligible organisations in Northern Tasmania, demonstrating innovation towards decreasing the amount of waste sent to landfill.

The program responds to the increasing financial pressures associated with meeting landfill management, environmental and rehabilitation standards, and the need to reduce the strain on landfill airspace and the environment by recycling and reusing materials.

The total value of these projects, once completed, total more than $287,000 and is estimated to divert more than 128 tonnes of waste from landfill per annum.

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