Rebates of up to $50,000 covering up to 50% of the capital cost of small-scale, on-site recycling equipment or technology.

To increase workplace recycling, the Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy provides businesses with rebates covering up to 50% of the cost of small-scale, on-site recycling equipment or technology that helps them to avoid, reduce, reuse, or recycle their waste.

Equipment eligible

What sort of equipment is eligible? 

• balers
• briquette presses
• bulk bag stands and bulk bags
• cardboard perforator
• commercial worm farms
• compactors
• food waste monitoring equipment e.g., smart scale
• glass crushers
• granulators
• organics rapid decomposition units (where output is sent to a licenced composting facility)
• plastic injection moulders
• shredders
• smart scales and other food waste monitoring equipment
• source separation bins, wheelie bins, skip bins and other bin equipment – with bin signs and stickers
• trolleys to transport waste and maximise waste separation and diversion

Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants Businesses applying for the Rebates Program must: 

• have a commercial and industrial (C&I) waste service at a site in NSW 
• have a valid ABN and employ one or more full-time employees in NSW, and 
• send C&I waste to landfill in NSW.

Businesses can include entities that are registered charities, not-for-profits, public entities (including schools and hospitals), and government organisations.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the Rebates Program: 

• the application must be prepared and submitted by an ‘Eligible applicant’ (specified above) 
• the equipment and technology funded must contribute to an ‘Eligible outcome’ (specified below) 
• the equipment or technology must divert or avoid new tonnes of waste going to landfill (examples of the equipment or technology that may be funded are specified below) 
• the equipment or technology must meet the EPA’s rebate return on investment (ROI) thresholds 
• the equipment or technology funded must be installed and commence operation within 3 months of the applicant executing a Funding Deed with the EPA 
• purchased equipment or technology must be operated and maintained for 5 years from the date of installation 
• leased equipment or technology must be leased, operated and maintained for a minimum of 12 months from the date of installation, and 
• payment made by the business for their share of the cost of purchase or lease of the equipment or technology must be a monetary payment and cannot include a payment in-kind.

Eligible outcomes

Equipment and technology funded with the Rebates Program must contribute to achieving targets identified in the NSW Waste and Materials Strategy 2041 (WaSM). These include:

• reducing total waste generated by 10% per person by 2030 
• achieving an 80% average recovery rate from all waste streams by 2030 
• tripling the plastics recycling rate by 2030 
• phasing out problematic and unnecessary plastics by 2025 
• halving the amount of organic waste sent to landfill by 2030 
• significantly increasing the use of recycled content by governments and industry.

• Phone: 131 555
• Email: Bintrim.rebates@epa.nsw.gov.au