The Precinct Resource Recovery Program will support small to medium businesses privately contracting waste collection services to take a collaborative, precinct-based approaches to procuring cost-competitive waste collections, in an effort to minimise collective waste management costs, and increase resource recovery.
Expressions of interest are sought to participate in the program. Up to 5 precincts of between 7 to 20 businesses will be selected to undertake the trial program.
What support is available?
Waste management experts will support precincts to:
- engage and educate staff on waste avoidance practices that divert materials to highest value uses
- develop an action plan for the precinct’s waste management arrangements
- implement better-practice waste collection systems for precincts to support increased resource recovery
- seek competitive tenders for consolidated, private waste collection through procurement and contract advice.
Who can apply?
- Local government
- Shopping centre management groups
- Property or facility managers
- Main street and trader associations
- Food retailers in a defined precinct
- Hospitality businesses in a defined precinct
What will we support?
The program will support trials that will take place in a defined precinct where:
- there are no less than 7 and no more than 20 participating retailers
- businesses (or property managers) have control over waste management within the precinct and will share invoicing and waste management data
- source separation of recyclables, including organic waste, and consolidated waste management between businesses is feasible
- commercial segregated organics collection services are available (Metropolitan Adelaide and selected regional)
- materials collected through commercial organics collections are destined for commercial composting activities to produce soil improvement products for market.
For further information, please view the guidelines.
To discuss your application and request an application form, contact Program Manager Maddy Coopman at maddalena.coopman@sa.gov.au or on 0437 018 158.
All applications must be submitted electronically (in Microsoft word or PDF format) to maddalena.coopman@sa.gov.au by 5pm 12 December 2025 with the subject line ‘Precinct Resource Recovery Program – application.’
