EPA opens $39 million for Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant
Applications due by December 20, 2024, 11:59 PM (EST)
Announcement Type: Grants Notice
Opportunity: CONSUMER RECYCLING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH (REO) GRANT PROGRAM
Overview and Eligible Uses: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts from goods arise from the energy, land, and water used in their production, transportation, consumption, and disposal. About 55 percent of global GHG emissions come from extracting and processing materials, fuels, and food. Reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting are strategies to mitigate the environmental impact of goods. Education and outreach can increase participation in composting programs and reduce contamination in the compost stream while significantly raising the amount of residential solid waste recycled. They can also expand markets for compost use, contributing to a more circular economy.
This funding opportunity under the Recycling Education and Outreach grant program seeks to support projects that will achieve the following objectives and reduce GHGs:
Decrease household food waste (Project #1)
Expand markets for and boost sales of compost (Project #2); and
Inform the public about residential food waste composting programs; provide details on accepted materials for such programs; and increase collection rates while reducing physical contamination in residential food waste composting programs (Project #3)
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law aids the EPA in implementing the National Recycling Strategy through the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program, as authorized by Section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116–22).
Amount: The total funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $39,094,000. The EPA expects to issue a single award that encompasses all three projects. The EPA also reserves the right to reject all applications and not make any awards.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Eligible Applicants:
A U.S. State, including the District of Columbia
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof
A unit of local government as defined in the Local government provision of 2 CFR 200.1
An Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))
A Native Hawaiian organization (as defined in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517))
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs
A nonprofit organization
A public-private partnership.
Key Dates: Applications due by December 20, 2024, 11:59 PM (EST)
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