The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is pleased to announce the beverage container recycling (a.k.a. Bottle Bill) grant program opportunities for the Fiscal Year 2021/2022.
Donor Name: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
State: Connecticut
Towns: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Details:
The grant is intended to support the establishment of beverage container redemption centers in urban centers and environmental justice communities.
Preference will be given to locally-owned, minority-owned, and/or women-owned business applicants, and first-time redemption center owners and new redemption centers.
Funding Information
- Awards may not exceed $150,000 per redemption center and must be used for purposes including infrastructure, technology, and costs associated with the establishment of a beverage container redemption center and for initial operational expenses of the redemption center.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a business registered with the Connecticut Secretary of State’s office and must be Connecticut residents.
- Municipalities and Councils of Government (COGs) are eligible to apply for this program.
- Per statute, preference will be given to locally-owned, minority-owned, and/or women-owned business applicants.
- The beverage container recycling grant program prioritizes funding for new beverage container redemption centers that are located in communities that lack reliable and convenient access to beverage container redemption locations.
- While this grant program is dedicated to the development of new redemption centers, DEEP recognizes there is a need to ensure that existing facilities will also be able to manage an increased bottle redemption market by 2024. Therefore, DEEP will consider funding grant requests from existing redemption centers that are located in urban centers and environmental justice communities for infrastructure and new technology investments to the extent that there is available funding once the priority for new facilities is met.
For more information, visit Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program.
