Final round of WLRM Weighbridge Fund announced

MRA Consulting Group

Monday, 17 October, 2016

The NSW EPA has released its fourth and final round of the Weighbridge Fund under the $465.7 million NSW Government Waste Less, Recycle More (WLRM) initiative.

The new grants provide a one-off opportunity for eligible facilities to accelerate the installation of a weighbridge in compliance with the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 that requires any facility recovering, recycling, processing or storing waste and is liable for the waste levy in NSW to install a weighbridge and accurately record waste movements.

Applications close 14 November 2016. Landfills, transfer stations, processing and waste storage facilities can request funding to cover up to 50% of the total capital cost of buying and installing weighbridge infrastructure. The funding requested cannot exceed $75,000.

Waste and recycling facilities in the waste levy areas and licensed landfills outside of the waste levy area are eligible for the grants. Further eligibility criteria and other grant funding details are summarised in the table below:

Applicant type	Project requirements	Funding per applicant	Closing date
Landfill	Holds an EPL for waste disposal; Received less than 5000 t of waste last year; and Does not have a weighbridge.	Up to $75,000 matched funding for capital costs.	14 November 2016
Waste transfer, processing or storage	Holds or has applied for an EPL for resource recovery, waste processing (non-thermal) and/or waste storage; Located in the levy paying region; and Does not have a weighbridge.	Up to $75,000 matched funding for capital costs.	14 November 2016