Circular Plastics NL Subsidy (CPNL)

Does your company make, process, or use plastics? And do you want to cooperate with other entrepreneurs or research institutions to improve the plastic recycling process? Then you can apply for the Circular Plastics NL Subsidy (CPNL).

For example, you can use the subsidy to investigate how to sort plastic waste more efficiently or how to reduce the number of microplastics emitted during the recycling process. Or to set up a showcase in which you make the recycling process of a plastic material more sustainable.

What are the conditions for the CPNL?

You can apply for the CPNL subsidy if:

• Your business is active in the plastics industry.
• You work together with at least 1 other entrepreneur or with a research organisation.
• Your business and the organisations you work with are established in the Netherlands or has a subsidiary in the Netherlands.
• Your project is a research project or a showcase and fits 1 of the subjects of the CPNL.
• Your business and the organisations you work with are not in difficulty. The declaration of no undertaking in difficulty (OIM-verklaring) is mandatory for every company in your partnership.
• You have not started the project before application.
• The research project takes no longer than 4 years, or if the showcase takes no longer than 5 years.
• Your innovation has a sufficient chance of succeeding in the Dutch market and society.
• Your project is sufficiently innovative in comparison with current technology and international research.

View all conditions for the CPNL at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO, in Dutch).

How to apply?

You can apply for the Circular Plastics NL Subsidy from 18 February 2025, 9:00 hours until 30 May 2025, 17:00 hours to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO, in Dutch).

You need eHerkenning level 3 to apply.

Do you want to know if you are eligible for this subsidy? Have your project idea checked by RVO. You can complete the project idea form to get advice (in Dutch).