The call for projects concerns both products from innovative recyclingAny recovery operation through which waste, including organic waste, is reprocessed to become substances, materials or products that can be used for their initial function or other functions. and requalification activities, a term which designates all activities related to a different use of the material that makes up waste, including repairRepair is making a faulty product work again, allowing its use to be extended without the user parting with it, or with a view to reuseReuse designates all operations by which substances, materials or products that are not waste are used again in an identical way to their originally intended purpose. (donation, second-hand sale)., disassembly, transformation, upcyclingUpcycling consists of transforming waste into higher quality products. and remanufacturingRemanufacturing is an industrial process consisting of restoring a used product (broken, end-of-life, obsolete or in the condition of waste) to a state, level of performance and conditions of guarantee identical or superior to its original state..
The activities developed under the project must be new and innovative. This implies sufficient significant unknown factors and sources of risk to justify public support. Moreover, the project should include an experimental approach , identifying the unknown factors to explore and describing the tasks to be carried out for this purpose.
What’s on offer?
A non-repayable grant covering 50 % (for large enterprises), 60 % (for medium-sized enterprises) or 70 % (for small enterprises) of expenses related to demonstrating the feasibility and viability of an innovative waste reuse or recycling activity.
Projects must have a duration of at least six months.
How can you apply?
Submit your application using the application form before 13 June 2024.
If your application meets the eligibility criteria, you will receive an invitation to present your project.
More information
Read more about the financing programme (in French).
