Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant Program.
Donor Name: North Carolina Environmental Quality
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000 – $40,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The purpose of this grant program is to assist local governments with the implementation, expansion, and improvement of waste reduction and recycling programs in North Carolina. The Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) administers the Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant program through the Solid Waste Management Outreach Program.
Priorities
Project Grants
- Priority Project Grants support investments in public recycling program areas that have been determined by the state recycling program to be of particular importance to growing and expanding efficient and effective waste reduction and recycling services throughout North Carolina.
- 2022 CWRAR priorities include:
- Projects that fund outreach enforcement efforts (e.g., tagging program) to reduce contamination in the recycling stream and improve material quality. If seeking funding for educational enforcement efforts, please see additional provisions in the Special Requirements section.
- Projects that divert food waste from landfill disposal by implementing or expanding collection, management, and recycling of food waste from residential or commercial sources.
- Projects that establish or expand glass recycling collection. To qualify as a Priority Project, the community must collect glass to be recycled by a downstream glass recycling processor, not to be sent for end-use applications such as aggregate or daily cover.
- Projects that implement new permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) programs or that expand existing permanent HHW programs. To qualify as a Priority Project, a newly established permanent HHW program must be open to collect HHW from the public at least four (4) separate days during any given fiscal year and an existing HHW program must significantly increase the number of days or hours of operation so that citizens have improved access to HHW services.
Standard Project Grants
Standard Project Grants include any projects that increase and/or enhance public waste reduction and recycling but fall outside of the 2022 priorities. Standard Projects may include but are not limited to:
- Projects that significantly increase a community’s overall diversion of materials from the solid waste stream.
- Projects that improve recycling program efficiency and/or cost-effectiveness.
- Projects that implement new or expand existing curbside recycling programs or that help transition a curbside recycling program from the collection using bins or blue-bags to a cart-based collection system.
- Projects that increase the diversion of materials that are banned from disposal in North Carolina.
- Projects that implement recycling programs for special wastes such as fluorescent bulbs, used motor oil or filters, used cooking oil, antifreeze, pesticide containers, batteries or latex paint.
- Projects that implement or expand construction and demolition recycling efforts to divert materials such as concrete, unpainted/untreated wood, asphalt (from roads and shingles), gypsum, metals, brick, glass, plastics, carpet, or salvaged building materials from landfill disposal.
- Projects that implement education and outreach to reduce contamination in the recycling stream and improve material quality. If seeking funding for recycling education, please see additional provisions in the Special Requirements section.
- Projects that implement or expand public school recycling programs. If seeking funding for public school recycling, please see additional provisions in the Special Requirements section.
- Projects that increase the efficiency or effectiveness of public electronics recycling programs. If seeking funding for electronics recycling, please see additional provisions in the Special Requirements section.
- Projects that create or expand away-from-home recycling opportunities such as recycling infrastructure for parks, sports fields, streetscape/pedestrian recycling, and/or recycling at public venues. If seeking funding for away-from-home recycling, please see additional provisions in the Special Requirements section.
Funding Information
- Priority Project: Applicants are eligible for a Priority Project grant award of up to $40,000.
- Standard Project: Applicants are eligible for a Standard Project grant award of up to $30,000.
- The grant cycle will begin on July 1, 2022, and end on June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local governments, defined as counties, municipalities, councils of governments, and solid waste authorities in North Carolina, are eligible to apply for funding from the CWRAR Grant Program.
- Former CWRAR grantees are eligible to apply. Applicants with an open 2021 CWRAR Grant contract must have invoiced for 90% of eligible grant funds by the proposal due date (February 17, 2022). Proposals will not be accepted from applicants with an open CWRAR Grant from cycles prior to 2021. Applicants with open grants from other programs (e.g., Abandoned Manufactured Home Grants) are eligible to apply.
- Federal and state agencies are not eligible for funding through this grant program.
- Public universities, community colleges, and private colleges and universities are not eligible for funding through this grant program.
- Not-for-profit entities are not eligible for funding through this grant program; however, these entities are eligible for funding through the Recycling Business Development Grant Round.
- Public school systems and individual public schools are not eligible to apply directly for funding through this grant program. However, local governments (counties or municipalities) may apply for funding to support public school recycling projects.
For more information, visit Community Waste Reduction and Recycling (CWRAR) Grant Program.
