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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,746,339 Project Grant under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) to Edventure Inc., a non-profit children's museum, to create interactive museum exhibits featuring dinosaurs made from recycled and repurposed materials. The purpose is to educate families and children about better recycling habits, including reusing, remanufacturing, and working toward a circular economy. The grant funds the...
This $1,190,907 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921) will fund the Go Green Initiative Association's efforts to enhance recycling education and outreach in the Camden, NJ community. The key project elements include: Educating and training district staff, administrators, and students on recycling best practices, creating green teams, and developing strategic sustainability plans....
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...
This $18,710,533 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a comprehensive initiative led by the Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC) and its partner Groundwork RI to reduce food waste, increase food donations, and expand composting capacity in several Rhode Island communities. The key activities include establishing a community advisory board, training 146 peer...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921) will fund a targeted recycling education and outreach initiative led by Ecomaine, a non-profit organization. The goal is to enhance recycling participation and divert more recyclable materials from landfills in southern, coastal, and central Maine, with a focus on multi-family dwelling units where recycling access has...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to implement an environmental education project in Georgia's Metro Atlanta area. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors by designing, demonstrating, and disseminating environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. Key activities include...
This $90,500 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Source Reduction Assistance (CFDA 66.717) program provides funding to Perpetual Use Inc. (doing business as Perpetual) to work with the City of Savannah, Georgia to design and implement a city-scale reusable food ware system. The project aims to reduce pollution at the source and improve community resilience and sustainability, with expected outcomes including diverting 455 tons of waste...
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...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), will provide $753,786 to the County of Osceola in Florida to enhance recycling and sustainable materials management practices in the local community. The key activities to be delivered under this grant include: Implementing recycling education and outreach programs to inform residents and businesses about proper...
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 and outreach interventions to reduce food waste and increase recycling participation. Key anticipated deliverables include developing best practices for institutionalizing food waste reduction in schools and holding workshops to educate the public on solutions. The project aims to decrease recycling stream contamination, increase composting and food waste recycling, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste.