House of Assembly: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Grant Programs

In reply to Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (19 June 2025). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy): I have been advised that for the Green Industries SA:

The following table provides the requested information on grant program/funds under my responsibility for the 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 financial years—Controlled:

Grant program/fund name Purpose of grant program/fund 2025-26Estimate$000 2026-27Estimate$000 2027-28Estimate$000
Green Industries SA
Circular Infrastructure Grants (including General Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF), RMF-Plastics Technology Stream and RMF-Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund grants) Funding towards the construction of new and upgraded materials recovery and processing facilities, including to assist the resource recovery sector respond to challenges and opportunities presented by international market conditions 6,833 1,163 1,367
Regional Transport Subsidies Funding to provide regional councils with temporary relief to subsidise the transport of kerbside collected recyclables to recovery/processing facilities 850 800 800
Business Sustainability Program Funding for businesses and industry associations to engage third party technical advisers to identify, prioritise and implement improvements in resource/material efficiency, and other circular economy practices 500 500 500
Council Modernisation Grants Funding to support modernisation and innovation of Local Government waste management systems 150 330 330
Circular Business Market Development Grants Funding to support South Australian businesses to further their market development efforts for recycled and recyclable materials 424 500 500
Kerbside Food Waste System Grants Funding to Local Government towards the implementation and maintenance of food waste recycling systems via kerbside organics bins 200 200 200
Charitable Recyclers Subsidy Program Funding to provide charitable recycling organisations with partial relief from the costs of the solid waste levy 252 258 264
Total 9,209 3,751 3,961


The following table provides details, including the value and beneficiary, or any commitments already made to be funded from the program or funds mentioned in the previous answer.

Grant program/fund name Beneficiary/Recipient Purpose Value$ GST Exel
Green Industries SA
Circular Infrastructure grants* Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) Aluminium waste recovery 226,060
Clare Valley Waste Service Infrastructure for handling FOGO in the mid north of SA (telehandler, walking floor & concrete blocks) 171,022
Copper Coast Council Circular economy holding yard at Resource Recovery Centre 108,136
Peak Fresh Pty Ltd Food safe compostable bags (for deli section) 100,000
Adelaide Hills Council Implementing weekly organics 75,000
DC Elliston Mulcher 47,500
Outback Communities Authority Circular infrastructure investment for Leigh Creek (waste oil tank, chipper, Polystyrene cold compactor) 30,000
Ocean Kind Processing line for polypropylene fishing ropes (shredder, extruder, pelletizer) 28,000
Recycling Infrastructure Grant* Fleurieu Regional Waste Authy Flip screen for soil/compost blending 27,900
Millicent & Robe Bottle and Can depot Baling equipment in new bottle and can depot 25,000
WMWMNE Pty Ltd (trading as EcoplasAustralia) Second plastics extrusion line 16,400
Adelaide Hills Region Waste Mgt Authy Hook lift bins 6,978
Adelaide Recycling Transformation Project (new drive through COL) 3,881
Adelaide Hills Region Waste Management Authority (AHRWMA) Forklift 3,075
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Library reuse and recycling hubs (x2) 558
Mastec Increasing recycling content 150,000
Adelaide Hills Recycling Facility expansion, screen pod and water separator 87,000
Peats Group Anaerobic digestion 80,000
Central Adelaide Waste and Recycling Authority (CAWRA) Materials recovery facility sorting and processing equipment 57,008
Southern Cott Recycling Plastic granulating and pelletising equipment 21,640
YCA Recycling Screen for plastic pelletising 10,360
District Council of Orroroo Transfer Station upgrade 7,004
Recycling Modernisation Fund* ResourceCo Mixed plastics processing line 1,015,000
NAWMA New Fibre polishing plant 20,000
Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund Jeffries Group Upgrade contaminationidentification and removal capacity 77,000
District Council of Peterborough Demonstration composting facility 26,600
Regional Transport Subsidies Program 2024-25 City of Mount Gambier To partially offset the cost of transporting recyclables from regional and remote areas to metropolitan Adelaide for reprocessing for the period of 1 January—30 June 2025 50,563
City of Port Lincoln 47,128
Whyalla City Council 40,178
Wattle Range Council 28,299
Port Pirie RegionalCouncil 17,877
District Council of Grant 17,687
Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority 17,132
Port Augusta Council 15,831
Copper Coast Council 14,296
Lower Eyre Council 13,894
District Council of Loxton Waikerie 13,291
Yorke Peninsula Council 13,092
Naracoorte Lucindale Council 12,025
Rural City of Murray Bridge 10,836
Mount Barker District Council 10,279
Berri Barmera Council 10,203
Renmark Paringa Council 9,581
Municipal Council of Roxby Downs 7,957
District Council of Robe 6,872
Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council 6,260
Tatiara District Council 5,502
District Council of Elliston 5,499
The Barossa Council 4,853
Mid Murray Council 3,285
Wakefield Regional Council 3,136
The Flinders Ranges Council 2,742
Light Regional Council 2,587
Barunga West Council 2,572
Regional Council of Goyder 2,384
Coorong District Council 2,310
Southern Mallee District Council 1,435
District Council of Peterborough 1,139
Adelaide Plains Council 1,025
District Council of Orroroo Carrieton 937
Business Sustainability Program Australian Funeral Directors Association, SA/NT Sustainable Funerals Program, SA 54,000
Adelaide Central Market Authority Adelaide Central Market Trader Sustainability Program 50,000
RDA Yorke and Mid North Yorke & Mid North Circular Economy Project 50,000
Distillers SA A Pathway to Sustainability for the SA Distilling Sector 45,500
SA Fashion Industry Association SAFIA Circular Fashion Initiative 45,000
Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia Moving Forward Sustainability Program for Heavy Vehicles Industry Australia, SA 44,500
Festival City Adelaide Festival City Adelaide: Leading Environmental Sustainability and Responsible Practice 2.0 (Mentoring and Professional Guidance for Sustainability Action Plans) 24,000
Australian Dental Association SA Branch Australian Dental Association South Australia Sustainability Program 23,080
Barossa Australia Barossa Zero Carbon Glass Wine Bottle & 'Green Gas' Initiative 20,500
Motor Trade Association SA/NT Automotive Industry Energy and Electric Vehicle Capability Assessment 15,450
Adelaide Hills Lawn and Garden Sustainability Action Plan and Implementation Project 10,000
Codan Value Chain Sustainability and Circularity Assessment 10,000
Farquhar Group Waste and Circularity Assessment 10,000
Beyond Bank Sustainable waste management at Beyond Bank 10,000
Dorrien Estate Winery Waste and Energy Efficiency Assessment 10,000
Vinpac International Waste and Energy Assessment 10,000
Silver Fleece Advancing Circular Manufacturing and Sustainability at Silver Fleece 7,500
Business Victor Harbor Fleurieu Region Circular Business Program 3,500
Council Modernisation grants* City of Charles Sturt Expansion of weekly FOGO (1,000 dwellings to 12,656) to test alternate opt-out models 85,000
City of West Torrens Master Plan & detailed design of Resource Recovery Centre 72,000
Mount Barker District Council Organics collection trial (900 dwellings) 66,910
Eyre Peninsula Local Govt Association Contribution to Waste Mgt Coordinator 42,000
Adelaide Hills Region Waste Mgt Authy Brinkley assessment for Circular Economy hub 5,980
Barossa Council Bin tagging 200 dwellings over 12 months 4,485
Copper Coast Council Trailer and public place recycling 3,867
Adelaide Hills Region Waste Mgt Authy Brinkley—signage upgrade 3,750
Circular Business and Market Development Grant* Kennett Buildings as Material Banks 90,000
Electronic Recycling Australia SMART E-Bin to Manage E-Waste with Embedded Batteries and Non-NTCRS E-Waste 73,552
londrive Technologies Closed Loop Metal Recovery for E-waste Recycling 70,000
Orora Returnable Milk Bottles 70,000
Valley Precise Global Polymer Economic Recovery Grocery Basket 60,000
Cercle Smart Precinct Reuse Project 52,780
34MJ Pty Ltd Regional Circular Economy Model for Waste Oils to Low-CarbonFuels 50,000
APR Manufacturing Recycled Polyethylene Pump Stations and Pressurised Sewer Stations 37,750
Transmutation Transmutation Accreditation Project Phase 2 31,993
Fleurieu Milk Company Milk on Tap—Technology for enhancing circular economy growth 30,000
CAWRA Use of Post-Consumer Recycled LOPE in Bin Lids 28,728
John Holland PVC Loop 20,000
Bedford Melamine Coated Particleboard: Circular Manufacturing Investigation 1,360
Kerbside Food Waste Systems* Adelaide Hills Council To support councils in reducing and preventing food waste being sent to landfill, and diverting to organics processing facilities 90,500
City of Prospect 46,208
Reginal Council of Goyder 19,670
Mount Barker District Council 9,450
Total 4,332,824

(*) Funding was committed prior to 2025-26, with payments to be made over multiple years. The values shown represent commitments to be funded in 2025-26 and may be subject to carryover from 2024-25.