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Funding

WRAP has a range of support available which, at times includes the provision of funding. Further details about the funding and support that is currently available can be found below.

UK WIDE

eQuip - Leasing made easy - a leasing scheme that helps companies secure financial assistance for recycling plant and machinery.

ENGLAND

Funding to support collections of food waste from businesses in England is available to local authorities, private sector or community sector organisations. 

Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF)  is a £10million fund designed to support the development of new AD capacity in England. 

The Mixed Plastics Loan Fund (MPLF) is a limited fund of up to £2 million that has been established by WRAP to address the reprocessing capacity gap that currently exists for mixed plastics within England.

Waste Prevention Loan Fund (WPLF)  to enable the introdution of new business models and resource efficient processes

Funding available for West Midlands recycling firms  - Small Scale Capital Grant Funding 

SCOTLAND

De minimis support for Anaerobic Digestion/IVC infrastructure

De minimis support for food waste collections from the commercial waste stream

Capital funding for MRF developments in Scotland

WALES

Funding for Welsh SME recyclers and manufacturers in Non-Convergence Areas:

Funding for Welsh SME recyclers, reprocessors, and manufacturers in Convergence Areas:

Funding for manufacturers looking to incorporate recycled materials into products, processes or packaging:

 

Additional Support

If you are a Small or Medium Sized recycling or collection business (or a start-up in planning stage) operating in the UK recycling sector and recycling one or more of the following materials: food waste; glass; mixed plastics; textiles(carpets, clothes and mattresses) WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) or wood (lower grade) then you may be eligible for business support in areas of marketing, fund raising, operations etc. Click here for further details and eligibility criteria.

Capital grant funding

When a strategic need or market failure has been identified by WRAP, capital grants are made available to help address this shortfall. Capital grants are available in two ways:

De Minimis Funding
This support is offered under an element of European Community State Aid rules known as de minimis (EC regulation EC/1998/2006 – ‘de minimis’ aid regulation).  De minimis regulations allow provision of financial support of up to €200,000 (currently equivalent to £172,000) per company within a rolling three year fiscal period. It is the responsibility of the grant recipient to ensure that this limit is not exceeded.  These programmes operate on a rolling basis within a financial year – 1 April to 31 March. 

WRAP’s EU Cleared Scheme
Grants are offered under WRAP’s Capital Grants and Lease Guarantee Fund Scheme (State Aid Notification N517/2010).  These grants are subject to EU State Aid legislation and are assessed on a competitive basis against laid down criteria and are operated with a specific launch date and deadline date for applications.  They do not operate on a rolling basis.

You can view a copy of a typical Capital Agreement (166 kb) [pdf]  and the Guarantee Template (39 kb) [pdf].  This is a generic sample document and is applicable to all of the capital contracts so it is not specific to any one programme.

Where can I find out more information? Visit the capital grants page.