The Waste Reduction & Innovation Grant (WRIG) is available to eligible schools, businesses, and non-profits for planning, equipment, supplies, and capital improvements that result in the significant reduction of solid waste that the business creates.
Donor Name: BizRecycling
State: Minnesota
Counties: Ramsey County (MN), Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/11/2022
Grant Size: no less than $10,000 and up to $50,000
Details:
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) is a joint powers board that works on behalf of Ramsey and Washington counties on solid waste programming and operations. R&E works to improve the recovery and management of solid waste, recyclable materials, and food scraps/ organic waste materials, to help the counties meet the 75% recycling goal set by the state of Minnesota.
R&E offers grants to business and non-profits to implement projects that will advance R&E’s mission to enhance public health and the environment by creating value from waste through partnerships.
Waste reduction projects eliminate the use of materials from production and sales processes that end up being discarded. Waste reduction is the most environmentally preferred strategy. For businesses it can take many different forms, including reusing source materials, bulk purchasing, packaging changes, technology enhancements or production redesign.
Funding Information
Funding for Waste Reduction & Innovation Grants are as follows:
- One-time grant of no less than $10,000 and up to $50,000 per business entity or business group.
- A 10% cash match to the project is required. Applicants may request a waiver to this requirement at the time of application if the match would be a financial barrier to project implementation. Waivers are awarded based on the discretion of R&E.
- Applicants may be eligible for more than one BizRecycling grant (i.e., Bin-Only, Recycling, Food Recovery and/or Waste Reduction & Innovation grants).
Eligibility Criteria
Businesses that meet the following criteria are eligible for a Waste Reduction & Innovation grant.
- For-profit or non-profit entities; all public, private and charter K-12 schools in Washington County; all K-12 charter schools with less than 250 students and all K-12 private schools in Ramsey County; private colleges and universities.
- Must have a permanent physical location in Ramsey or Washington County.
- Be in “active/in good standing” statis with the Minnesota Secretary of State at the time of application.
- Previous recipients of BizRecycling grants may apply. Applicants must be in compliance with their previous grant contract.
- Ineligible entities include home-based businesses; all public K-12 schools in Ramsey County; public entities; public colleges and universities; tenants in publicly owned spaces; and residential apartment and condo buildings.
For more information, visit BizRecycling.
