Sustainability Victoria has announced a new Recycling Victoria Infrastructure Fund, which aims to ramp up recycling infrastructure, improving the recovery of valuable recycled materials locally and keeping waste out of landfill.
Expressions of interest are now being accepted for two grant streams from the Fund:
- Materials (paper, cardboard, plastics and glass) – $28 million to target infrastructure projects that will reprocess, remanufacture and build end-market capacity for priority recovered materials.
- Hazardous waste (solvents) – $11.5 million to target infrastructure projects that can improve the recycling of solvents from liquid hazardous waste.
The funding supports the government’s transformation of the state’s waste and recycling system, complementing the introduction of the new four-bin system across households and state-wide container deposit scheme.
The grants involve a two-stage application process:
- Stage 1 which is an EOI and is a competitive merit-based assessment process to shortlist suitable applicants; and
- Stage 2, by invitation only to applicants shortlisted from Stage 1 to submit a full application and business case.
Expressions of interest for both grants are due by 3.00pm on 3 April 2020.
