The purpose of the E-waste Regional Transportation Support Scheme (ERTSS) is to provide interim funding, in the form of a rebate, to regional local governments to support the cost of e-waste transportation for recycling that is not funded elsewhere.

Eligible local governments can apply to receive up to 50 per cent of costs incurred for the transportation of eligible e-waste to an appropriately licensed e-waste recycler or an aggregation hub.

Payments will be made in arrears for eligible e-waste transportation costs, with applications received by the first day of each month processed as a batch during that month in the order of priority set out in Section 5.1 below.

Applications will be accepted for eligible e-waste transportation costs incurred between 1 January and 1 June 2025, or until program funds are exhausted.  The last date to submit a claim will be 1 June 2025, to allow sufficient time to process claims and make payments prior to the end of financial year.

To be eligible to apply for the ERTSS, applicants must:

a) be a local government located outside of the Perth metropolitan region (with a classification of inner/outer regional, remote or very remote2 )

b) provide a permanent or temporary collection point* for eligible e-waste

c) have completed and submitted the most recent local government annual return (Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008, 18C)

d) not have received an exemption from any clause of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-waste) Regulations 2024. 3

*The department strongly encourages local government to ensure the collection point is consistent with AS/NZS 5377:2022 - the standard for the collection, storage, transport and treatment of endof-life electrical and electronic equipment.

• Phone: 6364 7498
• Email: ewaste@dwer.wa.gov.au