Covenant Funded Projects

There are approximately 77 projects that have been funded under the Covenant. Some of these are complete and some are still underway. Funded projects aim to improve education, awareness and knowledge, divert additional tonnes of packaging from landfill and/or improve infrastructure. 

 

They range from a national strategy to recycle post-consumer rigid plastics (a world first) to processing of MRF residual waste glass fines, to developing recycling systems for Commercial and Industrial premises. Some of these projects investigate the use of new technology and developing new markets for materials as well as data collection.

 

Projects are grouped into state, and fall under various categories including:    

                                                                                                                 

• New systems and markets - focussing on the trials, or expansion, of new systems that seek to increase the amount of recyclable material that is collected or to identify new uses for previously unrecoverable material.

   

In order to obtain funding, projects must first pass through the funding approvals process and to do so must contribute to achieving the Covenant’s goals and targets and coincide with the project priorities developed by the National Projects Group. 

Please note: applications for Round 1 2010 are in progress.

       

For more information on projects please contact the NPC Secretariat on 03 9861 2325 or npc@packagingcovenant.org.au