"Sorting Centers" Study 2026 Grant
Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME)
In context
This call is open to local authorities, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 2 others, at idea and R&D stage. Funding is a grant of Jusqu'à 80% du coût de l'étude, dans un maximum de 50 000 €. Coverage is read from the notice itself: France.
ADEME funds a territorial feasibility study that must precede investment applications for waste sorting or preparation centres, covering non-hazardous business waste, bulky waste, and (in overseas territories and Corsica) household packaging. It is aimed at local authorities and operators planning to create, modernise or extend such a centre, with funding of up to 80% of study cost capped at €50,000.
About this grant
ADEME funds territorial or feasibility studies for creating, extending or modernising sorting centres for business waste (centres de tri des déchets d'activités économiques) and bulky waste, as well as recycling centres for professionals (déchèteries pour professionnels). The stated aim is to support material and energy recovery from separately collected waste. The page notes that industrial sorting is often essential to prepare waste for material or energy recovery, and it cites the French energy transition law (LTECV), the anti-waste law, and the circular economy law on reuse and recycling as the policy basis. The aid covers preparatory studies that come before investment decisions. Eligible studies can be funded at up to 80% of eligible expenses. Applicants are directed to supporting documents on expense categorisation, the filing procedure, and the cahier des charges for professional recycling centres, plus an investment-studies template. Applications are filed through the AGIR platform, which requires an account. The aid is listed as open from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 and is shown as currently in progress.
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Eligibility
The aid is open to public and private actors, including local authorities and administrations as well as businesses, for studies related to sorting centres and professional recycling centres. Applicants must file through the ADEME AGIR platform and hold an account there. The page lists eleven eligible regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Pays de la Loire. Eligibility is checked through an online tool, and the page does not state further criteria on organisation size or prior recipients.
Key requirements
- ✓Study must support a planned creation, modernisation or extension of a waste sorting or preparation centre (DNDAE, bulky waste, or packaging/paper in DROMCOM and Corsica)
- ✓Study perimeter must cover at minimum the collectivities within the sorting centre's catchment basin
- ✓Funding covers up to 80% of study cost, capped at €50,000; applications due by 31 December 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How much funding does Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME) offer?
- "Sorting Centers" Study offers Jusqu'à 80% du coût de l'étude, dans un maximum de 50 000 €.
- When is the "Sorting Centers" Study deadline?
- Applications close 31 Dec 2026.
- Who can apply for "Sorting Centers" Study?
- Eligibility covers organisations in FR; local-authority, sme, nonprofit, consultancy, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Circular economy funding supports reuse, repair, remanufacturing, product redesign and secondary materials markets. Grants tend to back pilots with businesses and local authorities, while tenders buy collection, sorting and recovery services. Applicants are usually asked to show the material flows involved and who will buy the recovered output.
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