November 19th, 2022Boosting biz and busting waste
The state government has moved to help businesses across the state to avoid waste and create
new commercial opportunities for recycled products, creating new local jobs and industries.
Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas late last month congratulated the Melbourne Water Corporation and the Blampied Kooroocherang Land Care Group for their success in being two of 45 projects across Victoria chosen to accelerate the state’s nation-leading transformation toward a circular
economy.
Melbourne Water Corporation was given a grant of $15,019 and the Blampied Kooroocherang Land
Care Group was given a grant of $46,500 as part of Circular Economy Markets Fund (Organics).
The Labor Government are supporting Melbourne Water Corporation’s project in Romsey, an onfarm trial to demonstrate the use composted urban green waste undervine in the Macedon Ranges
Shire and the Blampied Kooroocherang Land Care Group in the establishment of on-farm trials, in
Eganstown, to demonstrate the benefits of compost application in broad-acre grazing and cropping
systems.
Some of the 22 successful projects by research institutes and businesses announced today as part of
the Labor Government’s Circular Economy Markets Fund (Materials) fund include a new process to
reuse glass from solar panels in construction and a recycled plastic solution for construction
structures that significantly reduces the amount of concrete required.
A further nine projects will receive over $1.5 million to avoid waste and increase materials efficiency
through the Circular Economy Business Support Fund, with one recipient introducing a new reusable
wine keg service for events to replace wine bottles, significantly reducing waste.
The Circular Economy Markets Fund (Organics) will provide $1.87 million to 14 projects that remove
barriers and accelerate the adoption of recycled organic products, including developing a market for
compost suitable for use on sporting fields that can be blended with turf to nourish Melbourne’s
sporting grounds and public open spaces.
