Three new grants are available as part of the Accelerating Reprocessing Infrastructure Development (ARID) programme to support the development of recycling infrastructure, commercial collection facilities and us of recycled content for manufacturers.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Cymru has established a new package of capital investment measures, funded by the ERDF and the Welsh Assembly, to support the development of infrastructure to process the key materials identified in the Wales Collections, Infrastructure and Markets Sector plan (CIMS) – which includes plastics, paper, card, textiles, non-ferrous metals and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

The three grant programmes are available across the Convergence Programme area of Wales and are targeted at providers of recycling facilities, manufacturing SMEs and large scale infrastructure projects: Commercial Collection Facilities Grant – offers capital assistance to enable providers of recycling facilities to create or expand facilities.

 Maximum grant intervention rate is 40%, to a maximum amount of £50,000. Increasing Recycled Content in Welsh Manufacturing Grant – offers capital support to help SME manufacturers incorporate or increase their use of recyclate as input material for manufacturing products, processes or packaging. Maximum grant intervention rate is 40%, to a maximum amount of £50,000.

Large Scale Infrastructure and Reprocessing Facilities in Wales Grant Scheme – offers capital assistance to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that are investing in infrastructure to reprocess waste from Commercial and Industrial sources. The maximum grant intervention rate is 40% of total eligible project costs, to a maximum of £500,000.

 The Commercial Collection Facilities Grant and Increasing Recycled Content in Welsh Manufacturing Grant are both open to applications on an ongoing basis until the end of March 2014. The Large Scale Infrastructure and Reprocessing Facilities Grant is open to applications until 21 November.

Source: WRAP Cymru,