The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,258,355 Project Grant to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) under the EPA's Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921). The funds will be used for a comprehensive, evidence-based campaign to improve residential recycling across multiple jurisdictions in southeastern Virginia. Key activities include conducting recycling audits, implementing a route-level recycling education...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,428,214 Project Grant under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Inc. (ILSR), a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of this 3-year grant, running from June 2024 to May 2027, is to enhance ILSR's efforts to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,595,929 Project Grant under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921) to the Oregon Community Warehouse. The grant will fund the organization's efforts to enhance community education and outreach to increase the reuse, repair, and refurbishing of bulky furniture and household goods containing commonly-reused materials such as metal, plastics, textiles, and electronics. The key project activities...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921) provides $809,665 to Wedontwaste, Inc. to enhance the organization's efforts to increase waste prevention activities, improve recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. The funding will be used to develop educational programs, social media campaigns, cooking classes, and summer camps focused on...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $107,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to Ne Resource Recovery (doing business as Nrra), a non-profit organization, to conduct projects aimed at increasing construction and demolition (C&D) debris recovery and diversion from landfills in New Hampshire. The grant funded activities such as convening stakeholder summits, providing public education materials on reuse, researching feasibility studies for diversion techniques,...
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...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), will fund a range of initiatives by the Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon, Colorado. The $568,832 award, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026, aims to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream within Eagle...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (CFDA 66.921) program will fund a comprehensive recycling outreach and education campaign led by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus in Northeastern Illinois. The three-year initiative aims to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and reduce contamination in the recycling stream across 275 municipalities and 7 counties. Key activities...
The City of Lincoln, Nebraska has been awarded a $1,727,800 federal Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921). The purpose of this 3-year grant is to enhance the city's efforts to increase waste prevention, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. Key activities to be undertaken include launching a multilingual social marketing and...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), will fund the Minnesota Composting Council's (MNCC) efforts to develop and promote an organics recycling toolkit. The $1,080,368 grant, with a period of performance from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, will enable the MNCC to create multilingual educational materials, advertising campaigns, and best management practices to...