The successful recipients of the second round of the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board’s High Priority Infrastructure Grants have been announced.
Under the grants, a total of $2.3 million dollars has been allocated to support a range of infrastructure projects that will help the state transition to a circular economy and address priority materials outlined in the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy 2023-2026.
High Priority Infrastructure Grants Round 2 was open to applicants that currently operate a Tasmanian waste and resource recovery facility that receives more than 1000 tonnes of material per year.
Individual grants between $50,000 and $500,000 were available for eligible projects that could demonstrate tangible landfill diversion of priority materials outlined in the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy 2023-2026 and benefits for the Tasmanian economy and community.
The nine successful applicants under Round 2 of the program, are:
- Central Coast Council – for a plant and infrastructure upgrade of the Lobster Creek Resource Recovery Centre
- George Town Council – to establish a tip shop at the George Town Waste Transfer Station
- Meander Valley Council - to establish a community recycling centre at the Deloraine Waste Transfer Station
- Cradle Coast Envirowaste Pty Ltd – for a vacuum truck waste resource recovery system
- Southern Waste Solutions – for a resource processing pilot project
- Horticultural and Landscape Supplies – for food and garden organics processing equipment
- Huon Valley Council – to establish a permanent resuse shop at the Cygnet Waste Transfer Station
- Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station Pty Ltd – for a trailer to enable a new food and garden organics collection service
- Launceston City Council – to establish a new food organics collection service for businesses and other commercial organisations
Grant funds are sourced from the landfill levy and reinvested to provide targeted support for important resource recovery projects across Tasmania that improve the avoidance, reduction, reuse, repair, recycling, and recovery of products and materials that would otherwise be wasted in landfills.
More information is available on the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board website.