Cooperative Agreement NA20NOS9990152

This $1,164,792 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) will fund the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) efforts to address food waste in schools across Atlanta, Baltimore, Memphis, and Nashville. Specifically, WWF will partner with local non-profit organizations in each city to conduct food waste audits in Title 1 schools, analyze the results, and implement evidence-based education...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $2,016,941 in funding to the City of Stamford, Connecticut to enhance the city's food waste collection and composting capabilities. The key activities include the purchase and installation of four new composting systems - three for public use at strategic locations and one at a public high school as a pilot program....

This $131,102 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 will allow the City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) to launch a food waste composting public-private partnership. Under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program, PPR will partner with a local food composting business to process source separated organics, including an estimated 131 tons of food scraps annually, on park land. An outreach and education program will also inform PPR...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $50,000 cooperative agreement to the Land of Sky Regional Council under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808) to support a new Don't Waste Food North Carolina campaign. Through June 2024, the Land of Sky Regional Council will provide one-on-one technical assistance to commercial and institutional food service sectors, develop transferable resource tools and guidance, and support North Carolina Department of...

The City of Los Angeles Los Angeles World Airports Division received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935). The award will support the Los Angeles International Airport On-Site Composting & Food Waste Reduction Pilot Program, which aims to establish a scalable large-capacity on-site composting system to optimize...

The School Board of Orange County, doing business as Orange County Public Schools, will provide services to reduce landfill waste, increase access to compost for agricultural producers, limit fertilizer use, improve soil quality, and reduce food waste in Orange County, Florida through a $157,416 Cooperative Agreement awarded on May 15, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. The award is being provided under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

The City of Alexandria, Virginia received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service on May 5, 2023 to subsidize a municipal curbside food scrap collection program. The funding supports the city's efforts under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935), which encourages emerging agricultural practices such as community gardens and farms located in urban areas. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) provides $1,547,635 in funding to Recycle Hawaii and its partner, the Ka'ū Global Learning Lab, to implement a youth-led, community-based education campaign. The objectives are to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. Key activities...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $491,314 Cooperative Agreement under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The purpose of this 3-year award is to enhance NJDEP's efforts to meet the SWIFR program's objectives of supporting long-term planning and data collection to demonstrate progress toward national recycling and food loss/waste reduction goals, as well as...

The Ferry Beach Ecology School was awarded a $133,333 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to deliver its "Food for Thought" program. The two-year project will educate 805 students from 13 partner schools in southern Maine and northern New England on sustainable agriculture, healthy food systems, and responsible land and water conservation. Fifty percent of participating schools qualify as low-income under Title I. Through residential and...