The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is inviting applicants for its Rural Electronics Recycling Grant to encourage responsible recycling of consumer electronics through an extended producer responsibility style law.
Donor Name: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
The primary objective of the 2023 Grant Program is to provide ongoing support for permanent electronics recycling collection sites and collection events in underserved (rural) portions of Michigan. Priority will be given to locations that are outside of identified metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the US Census Bureau and communities with environmental justice (EJ) concerns throughout Michigan. All areas of the state are eligible to apply, but funding priority will be given to the rural areas of the state for this grant round.
Through the 2023 Rural Electronics Recycling Grants, EGLE will provide small grants to cities, villages, townships, charter townships, counties, tribal governments, municipal solid waste authorities, resource recovery authorities, non-profit organizations, public school districts, local health departments, regional planning agencies, and privately owned recycling businesses located in Michigan, to encourage new electronics collection and recycling opportunities.
Potential projects include but are not limited to establishing permanent collection sites; purchasing equipment to support the ongoing operation of electronics collection at recycling or solid waste transfer locations; and supporting collection events that focus on recycling all forms of covered electronic devices (computers, televisions, printers, and monitors).
These grants are not intended to simply subsidize the cost of recycling hard to recycle items. Projects that intend to apply for a grant as an alternate source of funding or apply for funding simply to provide free recycling for their residents should not apply. Additionally, grantees are encouraged to utilize a regional approach and provide services to a region rather than a single entity.
Project Types
- Grants to hold collection events
- These grants are limited to a maximum of $15,000 per grant request with a minimum commitment of two events per grant.
- Grants to support the ongoing cost of operations
- These can include previously funded electronics collection sites; sites wanting to add electronics to current operations; establishment of a new collection location. These grants are limited to $10,000.
- Grants to support regional collection activities at
- recycling collection sites that accept electronics are limited to $10,000 and must include a minimum of three collection sites in a region.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for funding shall be made on forms provided by EGLE. Applicants are required to discuss the project with EGLE electronics program staff prior to submitting the application. An application form is included in this package for your use if you do not have access to the internet. Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered for a Grant:
- Eligible applicants are non-profit organizations, tribal governments, public school districts, local health departments, conservation districts, regional planning agencies, cities, villages, townships, charter townships, counties, municipal solid waste authorities, public colleges and universities and resource recovery authorities located in Michigan. For-profit organizations currently operating a recycling facility may apply to receive funding to add consumer electronics collection/events to its business.
- Eligible applicants receiving grants for purchase of equipment under a cost of operation grant are required to provide local cash matching funds at least equal to 25% of the grant funds requested for equipment purchases. In-kind matching funds are not allowed.
- Eligible applicants must discuss the proposed project with EGLE-MMD electronics program staff to assure a full understanding of the reimbursement documentation requirements for these grants.
- New grants can be requested to support the ongoing operation costs for collection sites established under 2019, 2021, and 2022 rural electronics grant funding cycles.
- Eligible applicants must use an electronics recycler registered under Michigan Part 173 for the recycling of covered electronics devices collected from consumers during the grant period.
- To be considered a permanent collection location, a site must be open to the public no less than 4 hours per month on an established day of the month. A collection trailer that is moved to various collection sites on a scheduled basis could qualify as a permanent collection location. A collection trailer program must have a permanent collection location for the material collected.
- A minimum of three collection sites are required for regional collection activities grant. If a collection location drops out, it is the responsibility of the collector, or the recycler to add another collection location in that region. EGLE – MMD must be notified of the change.
- Entities that hold household hazardous waste events that do not currently include electronics collection and recycling are encouraged to apply.
- As part of the grant, grantees establishing collection sites agree to maintain collection services for a minimum of one year after the end of the grant.
- Grantees agree to submit semi-annual grant activity reports as outlined in the grant contract. Missing two reports in a row will result in revocation of the grant.
- Rural portions of the state are those areas outside of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as outlined by the US Census Bureau.
For more information, visit Rural Electronics Recycling Grant.
