WasteSorted Organics Infrastructure Grants 2024–25

Program summary

The WasteSorted Organics Infrastructure Grants 2024‒25 program is a State Government initiative administered by the Waste Authority and funded through the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account.

Closing date: Applications to this program closed on 11 October 2024
$3.66 million was allocated in this round

The WasteSorted Organics Infrastructure Grants Guidelines 2024–25 available below provide detailed information on the program.

Program objectives

The aim of the program is to support investment in food organics and garden organics (FOGO) recovery, recycling and processing infrastructure in line with the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 (waste strategy). WasteSorted grants are aligned with the waste strategy’s objectives of avoiding waste, recovering more value and resources from solid waste, and protecting the environment.

The program’s objectives are to support the construction or purchase of a broad range of large and small infrastructure and equipment, to enable the re-use or recycling of source separated FOGO waste that would otherwise go to landfill or be lost from the circular economy.

Priority waste

This program targeted infrastructure development that recovers higher value resources from priority FOGO waste.

Order of priority:

Municipal FOGO collections
Commercial and industrial food organics (FO) and FOGO collections
Other organics streams recovered for processing

Who could apply

Organisations eligible to apply for funding included:

businesses (normally with at least one year of continuous operation)
incorporated community groups
local governments
not-for-profit organisations
regional councils.

Organisations not eligible for funding included:

organisations without an ABN/ACN
individuals without an ABN
State Government agencies and statutory authorities
applicants from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
schools (WasteSorted Schools grants are available specifically for school waste projects)
research and education organisations
peak bodies
organisations that have outstanding waste levy payments, reporting or other obligations under any programs funded through the WARR Account
applicants unable to confirm reasonable compliance with Western Australian environment protection laws during the past five years.

What will be funded

Funding was available for projects implemented in Western Australia that handle or process organic waste wholly or primarily sourced in Western Australia.

Examples of infrastructure that could be funded by the program include:

facilities and equipment to support greater sorting and decontamination of recovered organic waste
facilities and equipment to enable reprocessing of organic waste to a higher quality suitable for manufacturers and end markets
facilities and equipment for the remanufacturing of recovered organic waste into new products
vehicles directly related to organics processing (not collection) such as loaders.

Detailed examples of infrastructure that may be funded are provided in the WasteSorted Organics Infrastructure Grants Guidelines 2024–25.

Applications

Applications were required to be completed and submitted through the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s SmartyGrants portal which provides an easy-to-use online application form.

Assessment of applications for funding focused on:

how a project supported the waste strategy’s objectives
how a project targeted the program’s priority focus materials for this funding round
whether a project met specific assessment criteria outlined in the WasteSorted Organics Infrastructure Grants Guidelines 2024–25 (available below).

Information webinar

An information webinar for applicants was held on 3 September. A recording of the webinar and a copy of the webinar slides are available at the following links:

Successful projects

Details of the successful projects are available here.

Contact details

For further information about WasteSorted Grants, please contact the program coordinator on 6364 6945 or by email to wsgoi@dwer.wa.gov.au.