Resource Efficiency Capital Grant

• Equipment that eliminates the consumption of raw materials or uses less material in design and/or manufacture of product.
• Equipment that improves the efficiency of raw material consumption through improved processing or equipment that enables the re-use of materials and/or waste materials generated through a process on-site i.e. re-use of materials to manufacture product and/or re-use of water.
• Equipment that recovers value from waste and/or water that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere or discharged to land or waterways.

• Equipment leasing or hire purchase agreements and trade in of existing equipment is NOT permitted.
• Projects with a higher level of energy efficiency savings than the total of water, materials and/or waste materials.
• Equipment that delivers resource efficiency beyond the business premises i.e. mobile plant and/or equipment.
• Projects that do not demonstrate clear linkages between separate elements of the process.
• Projects that solely provide local waste infrastructure projects and do not demonstrate material efficiencies.
• Projects that solely meet compliance or other waste/ water licensing requirements.
• Projects that cover on-going software licencing costs.
• In-house personnel costs associated with the project.
• Fore borewell projects costs associated with water testing, test borewell drilling and licensing.
• Ancillary works or additional infrastructure works. e.g. wiring of premises to accommodate the installation of equipment.
• Projects with payback periods of less than one year or greater than four years. If funding from other support schemes or incentives, has already been granted for the project.
• Projects that are repeat or similar projects funded by previous RECG calls.

This list is not exhaustive.