Application

Funding Amount and Principles

​Funding support for NPOs, industrial support organisations and professional bodies to conduct programmes for the upgrading and development of the recycling industry (for example, training programmes to upgrade the skills and safety of incumbent and potential employees) may cover up to 100% of approved expenditure items depending on the merits of the case.

The amount of funding will be capped at $15 million per project which may cover the costs of manpower and consumables, etc. necessary for the development and conduct of relevant training programmes and certification schemes.

Each applicant would be limited for a cumulative of 10 approved projects and cumulative funding ceiling of HK$30 million within a period of 5 years.  If the applicant reaches any of the abovementioned quota, a break period of two years is required before submission of any new application(s) for the Programme.  The two-year break period would be calculated from the project completion date of the last project for the Programme. For some special cases, special consideration by RFAC and Government can be made to determine whether these requirements could be exempted:

(a) Applications from different departments/ faculties of the same university/ tertiary education institute;

(b) New project from the same applicant reaching the quota, but focusing on different recyclables from their previous approved applications;

(c) Urgent market situation which requires swift assistance from the Programme.

Please refer to the Guide to Application for more details.