Date: 20-Dec-12
Author: Ryan Collins

The Victorian waste processing and recycling sector can now apply for funding to install infrastructure to process in excess of 100,000 tonnes per annum of waste, principally from the commercial and industrial sector. Funding is in the range of $1 million to $4 million on the basis of $1 contribution from Sustainability Victoria for a minimum $3 contribution by industry.

The $6.5 million Resource Recovery Infrastructure fund is for:

• sorting and separating mixed commercial and industrial sector waste streams to recover recyclable material; and/or
• managing, treating or stabilising commercial and industrial sector-derived organics; and/or
• treating residual waste to produce process engineered fuels or energy.

The Expressions of Interest period closes at 3pm, 15 March 2013.

For details of the application process and further information, click here.