Circular Infrastructure Grants

Circular Infrastructure Grants is sponsored by Green Industries SA. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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Online information session An online information session was held on Friday 11 July, to offer support for applicants. A video recording of the session is available, and can be accessed by contacting program manager Justin Lang at justin. lang@sa.

gov.au. How much money is available? Applications $25,000 to a maximum of $300,000 (excluding GST) per project are invited.

Up to $500,000 (excluding GST) may be available for large scale projects of state significance that involve significant capital expenditure.

Councils seeking more than $300,000 (excluding GST) must demonstrate a financial commitment by at least 3 councils as evidenced through a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding South Australian businesses and local governments that reuse, repair, refurbish or remanufacture, recover, handle and process recyclable materials with the opportunity to invest in equipment, technology and processes to respond to the prevailing market conditions.

The overall aim of the grant program is to encourage innovation to increase the circularity and/or recovery of materials in South Australia and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill each year.

To be eligible the project must meet at least one of the following criteria: Target recovery and recycling of fibre (paper, cardboard, newspaper etc), and/or plastics and/or glass recyclables or organics from municipal kerbside waste collections and/or commercial and industrial sources.

Improve source separation and processing performance or enhanced resource recovery and recycling through investment and subsequent installation of equipment and technology that reduces contamination and improves the quality and volume of kerbside and/or commercial and industrial recyclable materials, particularly fibre, plastics and glass.

Demonstrates through market analysis that recycled material will enter a beneficial remanufacture, secondary processing, or recycling market for local use (preferred) or that can be exported at a higher value to a recognised end market. Demonstrates waste avoidance and/or landfill diversion through effective reuse, repair, refurbishment or remanufacture of materials / products within South Australia.

Grant funds will not be available for: retrospective projects (to be eligible, projects must start after the applications closing date, 25 July 2025, subject to notification of success through the grant assessment process) energy from waste projects construction and demolition waste sorting or processing landfill (compliance, development, extension or closure) operational expenses, including fuel, electricity, maintenance, project monitoring, motor vehicles or trucks (specialised equipment for vehicles may be considered) education and training programs salaries, studies, investigations or research and development activities building purchase, lease or other general service provision, or projects with a primary focus on construction (without additional elements) machinery leasing – equipment must be purchased outright projects that promote low value recovery of resources.

Circular Infrastructure Grants application form (2025) Circular Infrastructure Grants guidelines (2025) Contact the Project Manager for details. Program Manager: Mr Justin Lang Acknowled­gement of Country Green Industries SA acknowledges and respects the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge and respect their deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people have to Country. We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their nations in South Australia and across Australia.