Sustainability Victoria CEIF Hazardous Waste – Round 4

  • Grants up to $20,000 to install new, or upgrade existing battery drop off points and promote them
  • Applications open until December 1st, 2025
  • No co-contribution required

The fund aims to give Victorians greater access to battery drop off locations. Funded activities focus on infrastructure purchase and installation at convenient locations and advertising costs.

Available to: Charities, Local government and Alpine resort management boards.

Key Requirements

Local councils and registered charities can make two requests for funding:

  • infrastructure only, or
  • infrastructure and advertising (advertising is up to 10% of the infrastructure funding request)

The types of batteries targeted under this fund are:

  • loose batteries <5kg,
  • vapes and e-cigarettes,
  • embedded batteries including small e-waste <5kg,

larger batteries (5-60 kg) – e.g. e-bikes and e-scooters disposed of at transfer stations or resource recovery centres.

What is eligible for funding?

  • Infrastructure: Up to $20,000 excl. GST to purchase and install infrastructure at convenient locations regularly visited by Victorians such as local government facilities (libraries, swimming pools) and charities (e.g. op-shops).
  • Advertising (optional): up to 10% of the infrastructure request to promote the project. The advertising funding request can only be made with an infrastructure funding request.

What companies are eligible for funding?

Eligible organisations must be one of the following organisation types:

  • Victorian local government organisations
  • Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV).
  • A registered charity on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) charity register. Eligible registered charities under this fund must be part of the charitable reuse, recycling and retail sector and demonstrate they are currently receiving batteries or intend to become a new battery drop off point.

Note: One grant per Australian Business Number (ABN) will be provided regardless of the number of eligible sites the applicant has. Alpine Resorts under the same ABN are eligible to apply per Alpine Resort.

Note: If the applicant is a Trust, the Funding Agreement must be executed by the Trustee of the Trust for example XYZ Pty Ltd as The Trustee for the XYZ Trust. The Trust as the trading entity must meet all the eligibility requirements of the fund (eg ABN).

Applicants must:

  • have a current Australian Business Number (ABN). If the applicant is a Trust, the Trust as the trading entity must meet this requirement.
  • have been operating for a minimum of 1 year by the application closing date (to be validated by the date that the organisation’s ABN is active from).

Is this grant competitive or entitlement based?

Competitive. Your application will be assessed among other applications by a judging panel.

How can I increase my chances of winning this grant?

By engaging an accredited government grants consultant, such as Avant Group.

Competitive grants often require significant business case development and project analysis to support the application, this may include detailed presentations supporting the project’s merit, projected sales, cost-benefit analysis and more.

As part of your engagement with Avant Group, your account manager will assess the required documents and will provide the following as needed to support your grant submission.

Grant application writeup including a detailed presentation illustrating how the grant funding will contribute to your project, how the funding will contribute to the project’s budget, a project milestone plan, delivery timeline, impact on employment if applicable and a breakdown of the management and leadership team for the project

  • Industry analysis presentation
  • Competitor Analysis Presentation
  • Marketing and Sales Analysis Presentation
  • 3-5 year Cashflow Forecast
  • 3-5 year Balance Sheet Forecast
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis of Grant Funding
  • End-to-end grant application including information collating, analysis and application writing
  • CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) cost-benefit analysis
  • Stakeholder relations and Risk Mitigation Plans
  • Any other relevant forecasting that will support your application

How can I get help with my application? Or know if I’m likely to win funding?

Avant Group offers a no-obligation assessment of your eligibility for funding and will assess your likelihood of a successful grant application.