NSW grants now open: Recycling Modernisation Fund and Remanufacture NSW
The NSW Government has created a $10 million fund to reduce landfilling of solar panels and battery systems. Phase 1 of the Circular Solar grants program (trial phase) awarded $1.1 million in funding for eligible trial projects.
The NSW DPIE’s Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) and Remanufacture NSW is now open for applications.
| Grant Organisation | NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment |
|---|---|
| Grant Stream | Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) and Remanufacture NSW |
| Closing date | 5 pm Monday 6 December 2021 (AEST) |
| Funding available | $10,000 up to $1 million, covering up to 50% of the capital costs of the project |
| Available to | Businesses, Councils & Regional Council Groups, Charities, regional research institutions and Traditional Custodians, and incorporated community groups |
| Link | Remanufacture NSW | NSW Environment, Energy and Science |
| Guidelines | Remanufacture NSW Regional and Remote Recycling Modernisation Fund Guidelines for Applicants |
| Objective | • Provide local solutions to local problems • Increase local employment • Provide economic benefit and/or solve transport logistic complexities |
| Eligibility criteria | Deliver or trial new, or increase existing processing capacity, in a regional or remote location in NSW, to address the processing of: • unprocessed glass • mixed or single resin/polymer plastics • tyres • paper and cardboard |
| What will be funded (examples)? | • Community sorting stations or baling equipment & installation of new equipment • Breaking down of e-waste into plastics and glass for recycling • Advanced recycling of hard to recycle plastics • Recycling of glass and plastics for use in infrastructure • Breaking down of all components of waste tyres into new tyres and products, or for further recycling • Trials |
| What will not be funded (examples)? | • Energy from Waste (EfW) projects • Projects not located in regional and remote NSW |
