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Welcome to 2021! 

Happy New Year from all of us at CEBIC HQ and welcome to our first update of 2021. In the spirit of all things 'email overuse', our plan is to keep these updates short, sweet and relatively infrequent. 

Speaking of frequency, what do you think works best? 
monthly, every 2 months or no updates.

Anyway, in this edition we're covering off what we call the good stuff

You need not worry, we also have you covered between updates, just visit the CEBIC website

Warm regards, 
CEBIC team

 #VicGoesCircular

Upcoming events

Fighting food waste: solutions and support for business 

More info / register
Details

Event Type:
Online keynote and panel discussion
Date: Wednesday February 10, 2021
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm 

 
About

Businesses have a key role in reducing Victoria’s 2.4 million tonnes of food waste, but they also have a lot to gain. During this action-packed virtual 75 minutes, we'll deep-dive into what businesses can gain from taking on food waste solutions. 

Grants and funding

Round 1: Recycling Victoria Innovation Fund 

Applications close: 3 pm, Monday 15 February 2021

This fund supports innovative circular economy opportunities for businesses in Victoria. These opportunities are aligned to the principles of:
  • designing out waste
  • maintaining product and material value over a longer period of time.
There are two streams within the Innovation Fund:
  • Stream 1: Food Innovation
    For collaborative partnerships that identify opportunities and apply innovative circular economy business models and practices for food waste or for the food sector
     
  • Stream 2: Collaborative Innovation
    For collaborative partnerships that identify, develop and/or scale-up innovative circular economy business models and practices. The projects need to address systemic barriers with innovative thinking and practice.

Missed the info session and want to catch up? Event recording (2 December 2020) and transcript (.docx, 67kB).

Round 1: Recycling Victoria Business Support Fund 

Applications close Friday 12 March 2021
 
The Fund will primarily target waste prevention, reuse, remanufacture and upcycling. Innovative recycling approaches will also be supported, where they develop new recycling markets in Victoria.

There are 2 grant types:
  • Stream 1: Identification grants – For individual applicants or collaborative partnerships to investigate how to adapt and apply circular economy business opportunities and approaches.
     
  • Stream 2: Implementation grants – For individual applicants or collaborative partnerships to implement solutions across one or multiple businesses. These grants will support the business to implement evidence-based circular economy business opportunities and approaches in Victoria.

Upcoming grant support sessions

Learn more about the Business Support Fund including eligibility, assessment criteria and project examples. During the session, you will have a chance to ask questions. 
  • Business Support Fund information session
    Tuesday 16 February @ 10:00 am
    Register now

We'll take you step-by-step through the application form including a deep-dive into the assessment questions. Leave these sessions knowing what goes into a great application with time for Q&A. 
  • Stream 1 (identification grants) application workshop
    Wednesday 24 February @ 10:00 am
    Register now
     
  • Stream 2 (implementation grants) application workshop
    Thursday 25 February @ 10:00 am
    Register now

Other circular economy funding

  • Recycling Victoria Councils Fund
    Applications close: 3pm, Friday 19 March 2021

    This fund supports local government and alpine resort management boards to reduce waste to landfill and transition towards a circular economy.
     
  • Recycling Victoria Communities Fund
    Applications close: 3pm, Friday 19 March 2021


    The fund supports community-based projects that empower the community to reduce waste.

Research and publications

The Path to Half: Solutions to halve Victoria’s food waste by 2030 


The Path to Half explains the true cost of food waste in Victoria and gives us the first ever Australian perspective on the impacts of food waste and food production on climate change, water loss and economic cost. It identifies the 25 most impactful solutions as we work towards halving food waste in Victoria by 2030. 

This is a must read for those
  • wanting to understand the most impactful business-led solutions for reducing food waste  
  • wanting to understand the true impact of food waste on climate, water and their organisation’s bottom-line 
  • keen to transform food, from waste to opportunity 
  • planning to apply for funding to investigate or implement a food waste solution in their business or organisation.  
  • interested in our upcoming event ‘Fighting food waste: solutions and support for business’  

Get in touch 


For assistance with the above, get in touch by emailing 
cebic@sustainability.vic.gov.au.
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