The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant will provide technical assistance to small brewery businesses in Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania to help them adopt source reduction practices that improve environmental outcomes while reducing costs. Specifically, the University will refine a pollution prevention benchmarking and assessment tool,...
This Project Grant award of $349,690.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will fund the University of South Florida to provide technical assistance to businesses in the food and beverage manufacturing sector. The assistance will help these businesses develop and adopt source reduction (pollution prevention) practices to reduce water and energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste generation. The project aims to...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides $349,727 to Montana State University (MSU) to deliver pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to businesses, particularly in the food and beverage manufacturing sector. The funding will enable MSU to provide information, training, and tools to help businesses adopt source reduction practices that reduce pollutants, conserve resources, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide $610,323 in funding to Montana State University (MSU) to deliver technical assistance to businesses in Montana, primarily in the food and beverage manufacturing industry. The project aims to help businesses develop and implement source reduction (pollution prevention) practices to reduce their environmental impacts, resource consumption, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides $287,645 to Central Michigan University (CMU) to offer technical assistance and training to businesses in the food and beverage manufacturing sector in Michigan. Specifically, CMU and its subrecipient Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will partner to provide information, training, and tools to help these businesses adopt source reduction (pollution...
This $233,022 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), provides funding to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to offer technical assistance (e.g., information, training, tools) to businesses in Minnesota's food processing industry. The goal is to help these businesses develop and implement source reduction practices (also known as pollution prevention) to improve wastewater quality, conserve...
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was awarded a $281,280 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant funding will be used to provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training, tools) to approximately 10 small businesses, primarily beverage manufacturers such as breweries, wineries, distilleries, and cideries within Illinois. The technical assistance will help these businesses develop...
The University of Maine System, through its University of Southern Maine division, has been awarded a $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will enable the New England Environmental Finance Center (NEEFC) to continue and expand its Technical Assistance Network in the Southeast New England Program (SNEP) region. Key...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the University of Delaware a $192,000 Formula Grant under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) to provide technical assistance to businesses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The University will conduct on-site energy and waste assessments for metal fabrication and manufacturing facilities, identifying cost-effective pollution prevention recommendations. A $12,000 subaward to The Pennsylvania State University will...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides $350,000 to the University of Utah to assist businesses in reducing the use of hazardous chemicals, water consumption, and air emissions for a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable environment. Through the "University of Utah Pollution Prevention Program" (U2P3), the university will leverage its Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center to...
The University of Southern Maine received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant will provide technical assistance to craft beverage businesses in Maine to help them adopt source reduction practices through 2025.
Specifically, the University will assist up to 50 breweries with identifying and implementing best practices for increasing operational efficiencies and limiting pollution. Services include developing benchmarking tools, identifying alternative cleaners and sanitizers, and providing options for financing pollution prevention upgrades. The University will also produce educational resources like case studies and videos, host outreach events, and implement a sustainable craft beverage recognition program. The grant aims to help craft beverage businesses reduce environmental impacts and costs through pollution prevention technical assistance.