- The Recycling Modernisation Fund opens a $6 million grant round in Western Australia to enhance resource recovery
- Funding is available to local governments for improvements in recycling in WA's regional and remote areas
- Projects developing long-term, economical solutions to waste management challenges are eligible for grants from $50,000 to $1 million
The Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) has today opened a new grant round for Western Australia with up to $6 million available for improvements in plastic, tyre, paper and cardboard recycling.
Communities throughout remote and regional Western Australia will benefit from grants of up to $1 million to boost local government recycling capacity.
Through the RMF, the Albanese Government is investing more than $200 million in new and upgraded recycling infrastructure across Australia, contributing towards $1 billion of investment made alongside states, territories and industry.
Some communities in WA have no kerbside waste collection or access to recycling centres due to the challenges of managing waste in regional and remote areas.
This shared RMF funding from the Albanese and Cook Governments aims to meet those challenges by building recycling infrastructure across the state.
The RMF's local government funding stream is part of a wider $70 million joint investment by the Albanese and Cook Governments to support the state's resource recovery system.
The RMF has already supported 15 projects in WA which are expected to provide 212,000 additional tonnes of recycling capacity and bring more than $149 million of investment from government and industry in the state's recycling infrastructure.
Local projects designed to increase collection, sorting, storage and reprocessing of waste materials are eligible for grants from $50,000 to $1 million.
