Sustainable Infrastructure Fund

Katherine Ponton – Markets Facilitation Lead 21 April 2021 Markets Acceleration Package (MAP) overview

Recycling Victoria’s Recycling Market Acceleration Package is a $30M program to drive demand for recovered organic materials and materials subject to Australia’s new waste export ban across the economy.

These are plastics, paper, cardboard, glass and tyres.

• supporting the development of new innovative products • improving market confidence in recycled products and materials • reducing unnecessary regulatory barriers for the reuse of recycled material • providing regulatory certainty to support innovation.

The package will be jointly delivered by the:

• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) • Environment Protection Authority (EPA) • Sustainability Victoria (SV) Recycled content in local government purchasing

Victorian councils are forecast to Victorian councils are forecast spend $12.5 billion on capital to spend $12.5 billion on capital works from FY20-23 which could works from FY20-23 which incorporate recycled material. could incorporate recycled material. - Road projects - Buildings - Road projects - Cycleways - Buildings - Footpaths - Cycleways - Drainage projects - Footpaths - Drainage projects

Data source: Local Government Victoria, State Government of Victoria Barriers to procuring recycled content products

From Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group survey 2019 Sustainable Infrastructure Fund

PurposePurpose • improve• improve confidence confidence in using in using recycled recycled materials materials • increase• increase the quantity the quantity of recycled of recycled products products sold in Victoriasold in Victoria

This fund is designed to: This fund is designed to: • support the use of products made from recycled • support the use of products made from priorityrecycled materials priority in infrastructure materials in infrastructureprojects • demonstrateprojects performance of existing product specifications• demonstrate and performancestandards of existing • supportproduct the use specifications of innovative and technology standards and • support the use of innovative technology processesand processes • increase• increase consumption consumption of recycled of recycled priority priority materialsmaterials Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (SIF) – Status update

Total program: $2.6 million Funding available: $50,000 and $300,000 Financial co-contribution: $1: $1 Assessment: Competitive, merit based Recipients: • 16 Local government authorities • 2 Alpine resort management boards • 19 projects SIF projects using recycled plastics in metropolitan Melbourne

Frankston City Council Footpath, drainage and other road infrastructure using concrete, drain pipes and asphalt containing recycled soft plastics.

City of Monash Road and cycling infrastructure using asphalt containing soft plastics, recycled rubber in cycleway and a gravel product containing glass.

Yarra Ranges Infrastructure works to widen the highway access to Warburton Water World using recycled rubber and glass in asphalt, recycled plastic in drainage and recycled plastic in mesh. P = Plastics O = Other SIF projects using recycled plastics in metropolitan Melbourne

City of Casey Recycled plastic picket fencing around a sports oval at Arch Brown Reserve in Berwick.

City of Darebin Upgrade of hockey field using shock pads made of recycled rubber tyres, concrete containing recycled glass, recycled plastic in asphalt and outdoor furniture and recycled paper mulch for reseeding the surrounding grass areas.

P = Plastics O = Other SIF projects using recycled plastics in regional Victoria

Alpine Shire Council A recreational trail using an asphalt product containing recycled soft plastics. P Falls Creek Alpine Resort Management Board Resurfacing of a road and carpark using asphalt containing recycled soft plastics in an alpine setting. O Horsham Rural City Council Asphalt shared path, park infrastructure and paving P P made from recycled materials including plastic and P rubber. P P Mildura Rural City Council Carpark using asphalt containing recycled soft P P O plastics. P Central Goldfields Shire Council Resurfacing of a road and carpark using asphalt containing recycled soft plastics. P = Plastics O = Other SIF projects using recycled plastics in regional Victoria

Bass Coast Shire Council Seating and outdoor dining infrastructure made from recycled plastics. P Corangamite Shire Recycled plastic fencing posts, bollards and directional signage along a shared path. O

Southern Alpine Resort Management P Board P O Drainage piping and bin enclosures made P from recycled plastic. P

Surf Coast Shire Council P Recycled plastic infrastructure, including a P O boardwalk, decking and outdoor seating as P part of pavilion redevelopment.

P = Plastics O = Other Other SIF projects using recycled materials

• Buloke Shire Council – redevelopment of a carpark using an asphalt mix that includes recycled glass and reclaimed asphalt pavement.

• Latrobe City Council – installation of an asphalt product containing recycled glass.

• City of Whittlesea – rehabilitation of pavement with foam bitumen asphalt, with the base course made from recycled materials including glass, sand and aggregates.

• City of Yarra – The City of Yarra and the University of Melbourne will construct an innovative permeable pavement that is made with recycled rubber and glass.

• Yarra Ranges Council – installation of recycled glass as a road surface treatment on two cycleways to improve safety. Buy Recycled Product Directory Buy Recycled Directory features*

141 major project 107 supplier 195 products 88 suppliers examples accreditations https://directories.sustainability.vic.gov.au/buy-recycled *figures correct as at 15 April 2021 Creating demand

Local Government Recycled First

Assisting local government to implement a ‘Recycled First Policy’ approach.

Guidance and support to include: - Advisory portal and service - Case studies - Resources and templates - Directories - Demonstration projects - Promote funding opportunities Further support and information

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Supporting councils to increase their use of products made from recycled content.

MWRRG has released a report on the barriers and opportunities to procurement.

Report available at www.mwrrg.vic.gov.au/procurement/recycle d-content-procurement/ Thank you

It’s up to all of us to help shape the State of the Future Sustainability Victoria Presentation Links and references:

• Sustainable Infrastructure Fund Projects – www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/grants-funding- and-investment/funded-projects/recycling-and-reducing-waste/sustainable-infrastructure- fund

• SV’s Buy Recycled Directory - https://directories.sustainability.vic.gov.au/buy-recycled

• MWRRG’s Local Government Recycled Procurement Report - www.mwrrg.vic.gov.au/procurement/recycled-content-procurement/

• SV’s Going Circular E-news - https://vic.us20.list- manage.com/subscribe?u=7d931793dd6e7eb107265dc3d&id=1c2101aede

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