Funding for projects that support air quality improvement in Melbourne's inner and outer west

Overview

Funding will support projects that reduce a business's localised contribution to air pollution from smoke or dust – specifically the emission of PM2.5 and PM10.

Project examples include, but are not limited to:

• air pollution control equipment that reduces smoke and dust, such as scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, bag houses or filters
• installing hardstands or sealing work areas and private roadways to reduce dust
• wheel washing stations to remove dust from trucks and vehicles before leaving site
• upgrades to mobile or fixed plant to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 emissions from non-road diesel engines
• misting sprays along fence boundaries to suppress dust
• planting of vegetation barriers
• other innovative solutions that will reduce the emission of smoke and dust.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, businesses must:

• be located in the inner or outer west precinct of metropolitan Melbourne
• have a current Australian business number (ABN)
• have an appropriate legal structure
• be able to demonstrate financial viability to undertake the project.