Set to receive $218,000, they will use the funding to commission a shredding machine to process rigid High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) into HDPE pellets.
The project will create dozens of jobs and help large businesses better recycle their products.
Delta Plastic Co-founder and Managing Director Mario Hilmi says the funding will also help increase the recycled materials that go into manufacturing PVC pipes.
“A lot of big brand companies have been unable to recycle their plastics and this funding will help us help them do just that,” he said.
Working with business partner Vinidex, Mario said he launched his business start-up a month before the Covid lockdowns hit.
“This funding is very welcome and has certainly come at the right time,” he said.
Revesby-based Plasmar NewGen has received a funding share of $1,092,050 to increase its capacity to recycle more waste plastic and expand the end markets for recycled products.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the funding would see less waste going to landfill.
“We know that for every job in landfill there are three jobs in recycling. Every bit of rubbish that ends up in landfill is a missed opportunity,” she said.
NSW businesses are also being encouraged to apply for a grant – between $1 million and $20 million – under a new national program to transform plastic waste into products.
There will be a focus on projects that take hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics like shopping bags, bread bags and cling wrap, and recirculate them back into the economy in a sustainable way.
For further info: epa.nsw.gov.au.
