The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $150,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) to provide technical assistance, training, and related services focused on evaluating landfill conditions, enhancing solid waste management operations, reducing waste streams, and developing closure plans for active or decommissioned solid waste sites in rural areas of New Hampshire. The grant, which has an...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $125,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Lakes Region Planning Commission, Inc. in Meredith, New Hampshire. This Project Grant, authorized under CFDA 10.762, will fund technical assistance, training, and research activities to reduce water pollution and improve solid waste management practices in rural areas. The grant will support the Lakes Region Planning Commission in evaluating landfill conditions, enhancing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded the Lakes Region Planning Commission, Inc. a $142,000 Solid Waste Management Grant under CFDA Program 10.762. This one-year Project Grant will fund technical assistance, training, research, and related services to reduce pollution of water resources and improve planning and management of solid waste disposal facilities in rural New Hampshire. Through this award, the Lakes Region Planning Commission will evaluate landfill...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $147,300 Project Grant to the Lakes Region Planning Commission, Inc. under the Solid Waste Management Grants program (CFDA 10.762). The grant will support efforts to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources and improve planning and management of solid waste disposal facilities in rural areas of New Hampshire through August 30, 2022. Specifically, the Lakes Region Planning Commission will leverage the funding to provide...
The Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NERRA) was awarded a $465,814 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program. The purpose of this 36-month award, effective May 1, 2024, is to enhance NERRA's efforts to increase residential recycling rates, reduce recycling contamination, and promote sustainable waste management practices in 30 rural communities in New Hampshire's North Country region. Key...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $251,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Center for Ecotechnology Inc. (doing business as Ecobuilding Bargains), a non-profit organization, on August 13, 2024. This grant, authorized under CFDA 10.762, will support the organization's efforts to reduce water pollution and improve solid waste management practices in rural areas. The funding will enable the Center for Ecotechnology to provide technical assistance, training,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $138,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Earth Island Institute Inc., a non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California. The grant supports the organization's technical assistance, training, and research activities related to solid waste disposal facilities and environmental management in rural areas. Specifically, the one-year project aims to evaluate landfill conditions, enhance operator skills, reduce waste...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $112,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to Rural Action Inc., a non-profit community development organization in Ohio, under the CFDA program 10.762. This one-year project grant, awarded on July 29, 2024, will support Rural Action's efforts to reduce water pollution and improve solid waste management practices in rural areas. The funding will enable the organization to provide technical assistance, training, and research...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $161,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) Office of Planning and Development (CNMI OPD). The grant, under CFDA 10.762, will fund projects aimed at reducing water pollution and improving solid waste disposal planning and management in rural areas of the CNMI. Key activities to be delivered include evaluating landfill conditions, providing technical assistance and training...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $309,000 Project Grant to the Solid Waste Training Institute, a national non-profit organization, under the Solid Waste Management Grants program (CFDA 10.762). This grant funding enables the Institute to deliver training, technical assistance, and educational programs to rural communities and organizations on best practices for solid waste management. The goal of the program is to reduce or eliminate pollution of water...