Business Food Waste Processor Installation Subsidy

1. Program overview: Shima City subsidizes food waste processors at city workplaces to recycle and reduce business waste. Equipment must ferment, dry, compost, reduce or eliminate food waste. Pre-purchase consultation is mandatory. 2. Eligible applicants: Applicants must have a workplace in Shima City and install the processor there to treat its own food waste. Sole proprietors need a city address, and all applicants need no city tax arrears. Industrial food manufacturing waste is excluded. 3. Eligible costs and support: The eligible cost is the tax-excluded processor body price. The machine must be new, not used, resold, leased or a disposer, and must process at least 20 kg per day. It must be used for five years or more. 4. Rate, cap and application points: The subsidy is half of eligible cost, rounded down below 1,000 yen, up to 3,000,000 yen. No fixed deadline is stated. Purchases before grant decision are ineligible; submit the form, map, plan, specs, quote and tax certificate.