The successful recipients of the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board’s High Priority Infrastructure Grants have been announced.
Under the grants, $3.5 million dollars in total will now be allocated to support a range of infrastructure projects that will help the state transition to a circular economy and address the priority materials outlined in the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy.
The High Priority Infrastructure Grant was available for community, government and commercial infrastructure projects across a range of scales that will improve the capability and capacity of resource recovery facilities, equipment and systems.
Applications for grants of between $10,000 and $500,000 were available for eligible applicants with projects that target the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy’s priority materials and demonstrate a tangible benefit to the Tasmanian community and the resource recovery sector.
The successful applicants under the grants program are:
- Devonport City Council
- LMS Energy
- Tasman Council
- B G & J M Barwick Pty Ltd
- Dulverton Waste Management
- Glenorchy City Council
- JLW Services Tas
- Meander Valley Council
- Kingborough Council
- Flinders Council
- Recovery Tas Pty Ltd
- The Udder Way M.D Pty Ltd
- Hazell Bros Resources Pty Ltd
- University of Tasmania
- The ReDress Hub
- The New Black Biochar
- JHRC Group Pty Ltd
- Dorset Council
- DMN Enviro Pty Ltd
The grants are supporting a broad cross section of the Tasmanian economy from volunteer community organisations, to councils and also private sector organisations.
Funding for the grant is sourced entirely from the Landfill Levy, returning funds back to the community. These funds are being reinvested into important resource and recovery projects across the state to improve the reuse, repair, collection, sorting, processing, recycling and remanufacturing of materials that might otherwise be wasted in landfills.
More information is available on the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board website.