Deadline: 27-Sep-22
The Sustainability Victoria (SV) is seeking applications for its Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund which aims to build the capacity, capability and resilience of Victoria’s resource recovery sector, support businesses to respond to the national export ban on waste materials, increase the quality of materials for manufacturing and create jobs in the circular economy.
Objectives
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Projects must meet one or more of the following objectives:
- Improve recycling outcomes by addressing critical infrastructure gaps in Australia's waste management and resource recovery system including addressing Australia's regional and rural waste challenges.
- Increase the capacity for domestic reprocessing and manufacturing of materials affected by the national waste export ban, container deposit system and Victoria's kerbside reform transition.
- Increase the recovery and local reprocessing of the priority materials paper, cardboard, plastic and tires.
- Manage the priority materials in line with the waste hierarchy and export ban (excluding glass).
- Increase the use and market demand of recovered materials in manufacturing and to make new products.
- Create jobs in the resource recovery sector.
- Increase other economic development opportunities such as economic performance and growth of hubs.
- Reduce the amount and environmental impact of waste going to landfill.
Funding Information
Grants of between $50,000 and $500,000 (ex. GST) are available per project.
Outcomes
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The Fund aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- Diversify and attract new investment to increase the quality of materials recovered for recycling.
- Attract reprocessing infrastructure to increase the quantity of materials re-entering manufacturing streams and improving the circularity of materials.
- Support technologies and processes that provide new or improved recycling and manufacturing solutions.
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible organizations must be one of the following organization types:
- Australian businesses and local government that have existing reprocessing and remanufacturing facilities in Victoria.
- Eligible Applicants may be consortia, however SV will only contract with one organisation. The consortium must name a lead partner who will enter into a funding agreement with SV (usually the partner purchasing the infrastructure). The consortium must be established at the date of application.
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Applicants must:
- Have a current Australian Business Number (ABN)
- Have been operating in Australia for a minimum of 12 months by the application closing date (to be validated by the date that the organization's ABN is active from)
- Be able to demonstrate financial viability to undertake the project (will meet or exceed the minimum co-contribution requirements)
- Agree to comply with the Terms of Participation in Grant Programs
- Agree to comply with the terms and conditions of the General grant funding agreement.
Ineligible: Individuals, non-government organisations, unincorporated entities and social enterprises are not eligible for funding.
For more information, visit Sustainability Victoria.
For more information, visit https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/grants-funding-and-investment/grants-and-funding/victorian-circular-economy-recycling-modernisation-fund