Deadline: 11-Mar-22
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has announced Grants for Remanufacture NSW to provide co-funding for waste and recycling infrastructure to support the industry to respond to Australia’s waste export ban.
Purpose
- Remanufacture NSW Round 2 offers funding to support the NSW resource recovery sectors response to changes brought about by the decision to ban the export of unbeneficiated waste plastic, paper and tyres. Remanufacture NSW ensures New South Wales leads by example and maximises recycling and reuse activities while keeping materials within the productive economy.
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The program targets the following waste materials, which are subject to the export ban:
- plastic
- paper
- cardboard
- tyres.
Program Streams
Remanufacture NSW Round 2 offers to fund up to $13.5 million in total.
- Infrastructure: Under Stream 1 the establishment of new recycling infrastructure and equipment will be co-funded,
- Trials: Under Stream 2, innovative trials to address plastic, paper, cardboard, and tyres will be co-funded
Funding Information
- Grants of between $100,000 and $3 million are available to fund eligible Remanufacture NSW Stream 1 – Infrastructure projects.
- Grants of between $50,000 and $1 million are available to fund eligible Remanufacture NSW Stream 2 – Trial projects.
Eligibility Criteria
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The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- an Australian entity or partnership incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001(Cth)
- a council (as defined in the NSW Local Government Act 1993), the regional organisation of councils or other, local government-controlled organization
- a state government entity
- an Australian research institution can be a tertiary education institution, a government agency established for research, a cooperative research center, an institute or center of research, or a privately owned and accredited research facility.
- Consultancies are not considered to be research institutes for this grant program.
- Note that privately-owned research facilities must provide evidence of accreditation
- a non-government/not-for-profit organization (must comply with the ATO's definition) with an established legal status, or those without legal status that can have grant funds administered by another organization with legal status.
For more information, visit NSW Government.
For more information, visit https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/nsw-environmental-trust/grants-available/remanufacture-nsw