More than $3.2 million in funding has been approved by the South Australian government for 17 recycling infrastructure projects.
It is part of the state government’s $12.4 million support package announced in May in response to China’s National Sword Policy.
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The funding was delivered through Green Industries SA and covers a range of recycling, waste management and resource recovery projects.
More than $600,000 has been invested into infrastructure that deals directly with recovering and recycling plastic waste.
Around $424,000 has been invested into improving Material Recovery Facilities in Mt Gambier and $357,000 for end of life vehicle recycling.
Projects that improve the infrastructure to recycle post-consumer paper in the Australian market have also received $250,000.
SA Environment Minister David Speirs said China’s National Sword policy was a catalyst to increase the range of our recycled materials and develop local markets as a priority.
“This funding supports a range of projects in both the private sector and local government, across metropolitan and regional South Australia,” he said.
“This investment in the remanufacturing, re-use, and recovery sector helps maintain our world leading diversion results, where 83.4 per cent of all our waste is diverted from landfill.
“The State Government funding of more than $3.2 million has been matched by the applicants, unlocking more than $7.9 million of investment for 17 projects that support an estimated 36 full time jobs,” Mr Speirs said.
The next round of grant funding to support and develop recycling infrastructure is now available.