The Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) received a $532,084 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants program (CFDA 10.761). The award, made on September 8, 2023, will enable PPRC to provide technical assistance, training, and resources to help rural communities, businesses, and industries in the Northwest region implement sustainable practices and address...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Source Reduction Assistance (CFDA 66.717) grant program, awarded a $137,000 Project Grant to Bring Recycling, a non-profit organization based in Oregon. The grant will fund a 2-year project to establish and implement a regional pollution prevention network, the Oregon Rethink Business Network. Key activities include recruiting and onboarding up to 6 network members, developing a governance structure and funding model, identifying...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works (Clean Water Act [CWA] Section 104(b)(8)) program (CFDA 66.446) provides $1,506,074 to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC), a nonprofit organization, to deliver technical assistance and training to rural, small, and tribal communities on managing fats, oils, and grease (FOG), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and other emerging...
This Project Grant award of $683,137 was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The purpose of the award is to fund a project at Oregon State University (OSU) that will deliver technical assistance to businesses in Oregon to help them adopt source reduction and pollution prevention (P2) practices. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) Placing 18 student interns with Oregon...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $412,327 Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants Program grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology to provide technical assistance to Hispanic/Latino communities and 40 convenience stores in central Washington. The project will develop and facilitate community listening sessions to understand the current market of safer consumer products, create outreach toolkits for community-based organizations to assist convenience stores, and...
This $202,222 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance, including information, training, and tools, to metal manufacturing and fabrication businesses in Minnesota to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices, also known as pollution prevention (P2). The project will focus on reducing or eliminating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) use and...
This $349,727 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides funding to Montana State University (MSU) to deliver technical assistance services to businesses in the food and beverage manufacturing industry. The goal is to help these businesses adopt source reduction (i.e., pollution prevention) practices that can reduce toxic air emissions, water and energy usage, and hazardous materials generation. Key...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $261,193 Project Grant under the Source Reduction Assistance (CFDA 66.717) program to the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide pollution prevention (P2) training and technical assistance to regulated municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), territorial agencies, Indian Nations, and other organizations in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Indian Nations. The project aims to...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will receive $343,289 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) to deliver pollution prevention technical assistance services focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The MPCA will define current PFAS pollution prevention opportunities within metal manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance to help District of Columbia cleaning service providers transition to safer and eco-certified cleaning products. The grant, awarded to the District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on January 1, 2024, aims to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities by reducing waste, workplace...