Investment in the Resource Recovery Sector

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Building the capacity of Tasmania's resource recovery sector to process or use waste materials is central to responding to the COAG export bans on certain types of unprocessed waste, and for addressing ​key challenges in the Tasmanian and broader Australian waste and resource recovery space.

​​​Recycling​​​ Modernisation ​Fund (Plastics) Grants

​Round 2 - Applications 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.

Grant guidelines​​​​

Program information and guidelines are available here.

 RMF Plastics Guidelines Roun​d 2 (PDF 401Kb)

Applications may be submitted from Monday 16 January 2023 and must be lodged by 3pm Tuesday 28 February 2023. Applications must be submitted online at SmartyGrants RMF Plastics Round 2.​

The Australian Government, through its Recycling Modernisation F​und​​, 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 project applicants, which is resulting 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 (Plastic​​s) Round 1 Grants progra​m.

More information on Tasmania’s successful recipients can be found on the Recycling Modernisation ​Fund (Plastics) Grants webpage​ or by ema​iling Waste.Initiatives@nre.tas.gov.au

Lodging your application​

Applications may be submitted from Monday 16 January 2023 and must be lodged by 3pm Tuesday 28 February 2023. Applications must be submitted online at SmartyGrants RMF Plastics Round 2.​