AWM 200 - De Minimis Grant Funding for West Midlands Recycling Firms
Closing date: 31/3/2011
Due to reduced Government funding for Regional Development Agencies, including Advantage West Midlands, all new grant funding and business development support on the WRAP AWM programme has been suspended until further notice.
We will not be accepting new applications at this time.
For information on other support provided by WRAP, please visit our home page or contact our helpline on 0808 100 2040.
A waste capacity study carried out jointly by Advantage West Midlands (AWM) and the Regional Technical Advisory Body on Waste (RTAB) forecasts that by 2020/21 the West Midlands (WM) will have a significant waste infrastructure capacity gap. AWM is particularly concerned about commercial and industrial waste (C&I), which can cost a business 4% of turnover in terms of disposal costs. AWM has therefore developed a Waste Infrastructure Development Initiative which has been designed to contribute 320,000 tonnes of C&I waste diversion by 2011/12 at an overall cost of £5.4 million. As part of this initiative, WRAP has received funding from AWM to deliver a programme of support to recycling businesses in the West Midlands.
This Programme of support includes grant funding of up to 50% for West Midlands businesses who are investing in new or expanded commercial and industrial waste capacity. Commercial and Industrial waste sources are defined as premises used for the purpose of trade or business. This includes but is not limited to, retail and factory sites, hotels, entertainment and sport recreation premises (excluding those under Local Authority responsibility.) Grants of up to £50,000 are available for capital costs to collect, recycle or reprocess commercial and industrial waste from the region.
There is no closing date for applications, although funding is finite and available on a first come, first served basis. The programme closes at the end of March 2011, so no further funding will be available after this date. WRAP will aim to provide a response to applicants within a maximum of four weeks of receiving a completed application form and requested documents.
To apply you will need to complete the application form which sets out the scope and requirements of the funding which you will need to meet to be eligible to go forward for assessment.
