Waste Implementation Programme: New Technologies
New Technologies Funding
As a part of Defra’s Waste Implementation Programme, two funding programmes are being launched to encourage the take up of new technologies in the treatment of biodegradable municipal solid waste.
The Technology Research & Innovation Fund (TRIF) will allocate around £2m to address the current lack of funding for R&D projects into new technologies.
- TRIF Assessment Criteria (PDF) (39 KB)
The Demonstrator Programme will provide around £30m to help to establish new waste treatment technologies that require pilot plants to demonstrate their viability. The programme is intended to help overcome the perceived risks of implementing new technologies in England and to provide accurate and impartial technical, environmental and economic data.
Funding for the Demonstrator Programme will be allocated in two bidding rounds. The first round ran from 1 March to 31 May 2004 with the second from 1 September to 30 November 2004. The aim is to have five demonstration plants in operation by the end of 2005 and a further five by the end of 2006.
- Demonstrator Assessment Criteria (PDF) (56 KB)
- Invitation for Expressions of Interest for second bidding round (PDF) (3.35 MB - NB large file)
Page last modified:
1 April 2005
Page published: 5 February 2003