Round 8 – CRC funding for plastic recycling projects
Almost $20 million has been granted to nine projects to help Australia reduce its plastic waste and boost plastics recycling. Funded as part of Round 8 of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-Ps), the projects include:
- $2.9 million to develop a plant in Victoria to turn plastic waste from rectification work of hazardous building cladding into recycled shoes and prefabricated building elements.
- $3 million to create green micro-factories to turn recycled waste plastics into engineered products.
- $2.7 million to transform plastic waste into lightweight prefabricated building products.
- $2.5 million to develop a mobile plastic recycling container facility for remote and Indigenous communities.
- $2.4 million to further test and develop a recycled plastic construction solution to be exported to global markets.
- $1.9 million to grow the production of diesel from landfill waste.
- $2 million to further develop technology which converts waste contaminated plastic to the feedstock for remanufacturing plastic.
- $1.8 million to scale-up patented bio-polymer technology enabling the recycling of comingled and contaminated waste plastics, without the need to sort the waste stream.
- $650,000 to increase the re-use of HDPE plastic.
Round 9 – CRC funding opens
Applications for Round 9 of the CRC-P grants are now open and close on 19 March 2020.
Matched funding of between $100,000 and $3 million is available and grants are for up to three years. The project must be an industry-led research collaboration with at least two Australian industry organisations, including at least one small to medium-sized enterprise, and one Australian research organisation
The projects must:
- develop a product, service or process that will solve problems for industry and deliver real outcomes;
- benefit small to medium enterprises (SMEs); and
include education and training activities.
