Circular Economy Organics Sector Transformation Fund
The Circular Economy Organics Sector Transformation Fund supported the diversion of organic waste from landfill and the enhancement of end markets for recycled organics across the agricultural sector.
$10.2 million was available for organic processing businesses to develop new or enhance existing organic processing infrastructure to improve product quality or increase capacity.
Through this fund, applicants were also be considered for additional support from Australian Government's Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund.
For the purposes of this grant program the term ‘organics’ or ‘organic’ refered to organic waste diverted from landfill.
This grant was part of the Recycling Victoria Policy funding.
Prior to 1 July 2022, this fund was named the Recycling Victoria Organics Sector Transformation Fund.
Funded projects
Read about projects funded by these grants.
Fund objectives
The fund’s objectives were to:
- increase the recovery and reprocessing of source separated organic waste into quality composts and soil conditioners
- increase the use and market demand of the end products, especially for use on agricultural soils
- support employment and long-term economic growth and development.
- support Victoria’s transition to a circular economy
This was to be achieved by funding projects that built new, or enhanced existing, organic processing infrastructure:
- to increase capacity
- to improve product quality through the installation of decontamination infrastructure or the procurement of technical equipment that improved product quality, including product testing.
Funding provided
Grants from $50,000 were available per project. No upper limit on fund requests.
Sustainability Victoria and Australian Government funding was required to be at least matched by the applicant on a minimum 1:1:1 basis.