Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan

A plan that provides Victorian circular economy investors with a contemporary road map to guide decision-making on waste, recycling and resource recovery infrastructure over the next 30 years.

About the Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan

The Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan (VRIP) outlines infrastructure needs and gaps, driving innovation and potential investment where it is needed most. This investment will create jobs and strengthen the sector and the wider Victorian economy. It also informs potential locations for new development and helps to protect existing infrastructure from encroachment.

The VRIP is accompanied by a prospectus that outlines investment opportunities in the waste, recycling and resource recovery sector, and how Recycling Victoria can support investment.

As an essential resource for industry, local government, and investors, the VRIP provides:

in-depth infrastructure needs analysis that considers capacity and capability
place-based assessments for each material stream
residual waste and waste-to-energy
regional opportunities
land use planning.

The VRIP is a critical component in building Victoria’s circular economy with the benefits it will bring to the wider state economy and to employment in the sector.

Download the VRIP

Victorian Recycling Infrastructure Plan 2024 PDF 13.33 MB (opens in a new window)

Key components of the plan

The summaries below outline the information contained in each section of the VRIP.

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Executive summary

This section provides a concise overview the VRIP, including:

scope and context
land use planning and environmental approvals
investment attraction
directions and priorities
actions arising from the VRIP
infrastructure needs analysis.

Introduction

This section introduces Recycling Victoria and the VRIP outlining the purpose and function of the plan and its underlying methodology, including:

Recycling Victoria
VRIP purpose
objectives
methodology
target audience
how to use the VRIP.

System overview and policy context

This section gives an overview of regulatory, policy and legislative settings, trends across the sector, and current and future infrastructure requirements, including:

Victoria’s waste, recycling and resource recovery system
policy context
climate change
trends affecting waste generation and resource recovery
waste trends and infrastructure overview
overview of current and projected total waste
current waste, recycling and resource recovery infrastructure.

Materials streams

This section details existing infrastructure needs and future requirements by individual material type, including:

organics
paper and cardboard
plastics
glass
tyres and rubber
metal
aggregates, masonry and soil
textiles
e-waste and emerging materials
hazardous waste.

Recovery and transfer infrastructure

This section details the current and future recovery and transfer infrastructure needs with supporting capability and capacity analysis, including:

resource recovery centres and transfer stations
material recovery facilities.

Residual waste

This section details the current and future regional residual infrastructure needs with an overall and regional capability and capacity analysis, including:

current infrastructure
infrastructure needs
overall assessment
the landfill schedule.

Regional infrastructure opportunities

This section identifies current infrastructure, waste projections and investment opportunities for each region, including:

Barwon South West
Gippsland
Goulburn Valley & North East (Hume)
Grampians Central West
Loddon Mallee
Port Phillip Region.

Land use planning and environmental approvals

This section covers land use planning and environment processes for urban, peri-urban and regional Victoria and obligations and considerations for Traditional Owners’ rights and interests, including:

the strategic context
locations for new infrastructure
assessing proposed locations for new infrastructure
informing planning decisions relating to existing infrastructure
informing strategic land use planning
informing permissions and approvals
land use maps.

Infrastructure investment

This section covers security of materials supply, ongoing market demand, regulatory and policy stability and government support for businesses, including:

investment conditions and support.

Directions and actions

This section considers the key strategic priorities and directions for the sector, the actions for government to take in support of these directions and progress monitoring requirements, including:

directions
priority areas
actions
next steps and measuring progress.

Appendices

A. Future waste, recycling and resource recovery infrastructure list.

B. Landfill schedule.

C. Modelling assumptions.

D. References.

Waste, Recycling and Resource Recovery Investment Prospectus

Working in partnership with government agencies that facilitate Victorian business growth, we have developed a prospectus based on the VRIP that highlights investment opportunities and support.