Recycling Victoria - Business Support Fund (Stream 1)

The Recycling Victoria Business Support Fund - Identification Grants are aimed at individual applicants or collaborative partnerships to investigate how to adapt and apply circular economy business opportunities and approaches.

Grants from $75,000 - $200,000 will be offered to successful applicants on a $2:$1 co-contribution basis. Co-contribution can be made as cash or a combination of cash and up to 50% of the applicant co-contribution being in-kind.

Grants are available to businesses; charities; other NFP’s; industry groups and associations and Consultants (when acting as a lead applicant in a collaborative partnership) and at least 50% of the project activities must be in Victoria.

The project should focus on at least one of the following areas:

• feasibility studies to apply or adapt circular economy business opportunities and approaches to business or supply chains

• materials efficiency and flow assessments in businesses or across supply chains

• business case development to support the implementation of a circular economy business opportunity or approach

• access to business advisory and support services to support the development of circular economy business opportunities and approaches

• pilot projects and trials of circular economy business opportunities and approaches

Applications close 12 March, 2021.