Recycling Modernisation Fund (Plastics)
CLOSED
Round 2 of the Recycling Modernisation Fund (Plastics) Grant Program will provide up to $1.26 million over the next two years to eligible recycling projects located in Tasmania.
Successful applicants to the Recycling Modernisation Fund (Plastics) Round 2 are yet to be announced.
The Australian Government, through its Recycling Modernisation Fund, provided $5.5 million, which was matched by $5.5 million from the Tasmanian Government to support the increase of recycling and remanufacturing of plastics in Tasmania.
Further matching funding, or better, is being provided by the successful project applicants, which will result in $20 million being invested into Tasmania's plastics recycling and remanufacturing.
In 2021, Timberlink and I M Holdings (Tas) were selected from nine Tasmanian applications to the Recycling Modernisation Fund (Plastics) Round 1 Grants program.
Plantation timber processing facility Timberlink, based in northern Tasmania, were offered a grant of $5.8 million to build a facility to manufacture Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) decking and other WPC products.
I M Holdings (Tas) Pty Ltd were offered just over $3 million to develop a waste plastics processing and manufacturing plant. Initially, waste plastic from the aquaculture sector will be remanufactured back into components for aquaculture cages. In the coming years, the plant will be able to collect a range of waste plastics, reprocess them, and make them into products for the agriculture and construction industries.
Landfill Levy Readiness Grant Program 2022
CLOSED
The Tasmanian Government committed up to $1 million to the Landfill Levy Readiness Grant Program; a program that assisted operators of Class A resource recovery facilities and all landfill facilities with the cost of transitioning to modified business systems and infrastructure to be able to comply with new legislative requirements.
From 01 July 2022 the Waste and Resource Recovery Act 2022 required operators of Class A resource recovery facilities (which receive or are likely to receive 10,000 tonnes or more of waste per year), and all landfill facilities to record and report the movement of waste into and out of their facility.
The Program opened on 28 March 2022 and closed on 3 May 2022. The successful applicants are listed below.
APPLICANT
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PROJECT
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APPROVED FUNDING
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Cradle Coast Envirowaste Pty Ltd T/A Heybridge Landfill
| Weighbridge
| $100,000.00
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Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station
| Upgrade business systems and processes; staff training.
| $ 35,820.00
|
Hobart City Council
| Weighbridge; software.
| $100,000.00
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Flinders Council
| Scales; custom-made app/visual tool; computer hardware; staff training; internet; Compliance Management Plan.
| $ 14,648.00
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Central Highlands Council
| Computer hardware; internet; software; staff training; Compliance Management Plan.
| $ 9,000.00
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West Coast Council
| Software.
| $ 10,400.00
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Glenorchy City Council
| Software upgrades; staff training; Compliance Management Plan.
| $ 29,200.00
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Launceston City Council
| Software; cloud based system; computer hardware.
| $ 13,300.00
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Derwent Valley Council
| Software; computer hardware; staff training; Compliance Management Plan.
| $ 35,000.00
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Circular Head Council
| Software.
| $ 14,775.00
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Dulverton Regional Waste Management Authority
| Software; Compliance Management Plan.
| $ 20,000.00
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Central Coast Council
| Software; computer hardware; staff training; survey; Compliance Management Plan; project management.
| $ 99,823.00
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Devonport City Council
| Software; computer hardware; staff training; traffic/noise/odour plan; project management.
| $ 73,708.00
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Burnie City Council
| Software; computer hardware; staff training; traffic review; project management.
| $ 55,048.00
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Meander Valley Council
| Weighbridge; software; training; traffic lights; remote display; boom gate; computer hardware.
| $ 86,632.50
|
Jenkins Hire Pty Ltd (Plenty)
| Software; power/internet booster/electrical.
| $ 28,500.00
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The Tasmanian Government is committed to investing in our resource recovery sector as we build our circular economy. Key to this is the Government’s commitment to undertake capital and project investment to help address the issue of waste tyres in Tasmania. Through this one-off grant program the Tasmanian Government is providing up to $3 million in funding to support industry to invest The Tasmanian Government is committed to investing in our resource recovery sector as we build our circular economy. Key to this is the Government’s commitment to undertake capital and project investment to help address the issue of waste tyres in Tasmania. Through this one-off grant program the Tasmanian Government is providing up to $3 million in funding to support industry to invest in a crumbed rubber plant to produce materials for reuse in road surfacing, and to identify genuine sustainable solutions for recovery of end-of-life waste tyres in Tasmania.