The Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District has announced the availability of approximately $150,000.00, pending MDNR official award letter, in grant funds available for solid waste projects within the seven county areas that the district serves.
Donor Name: Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District (ORSWMD)
State: Missouri
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 12-18 months
Details:
There are two mechanisms through which citizens, businesses, and organizations of Missouri can obtain funding for solid waste management activities. These include:
- Market Development: Funds for the development of markets for recovered materials through EIERA.
- Solid Waste Management Districts/Counties/Cities: Funds to solid waste management districts and the cities and counties within the district for activities that implement their solid waste management plans. Up to fifty percent (50%) of the grant money available to a district within a fiscal year may be allocated for district operation and plan implementation projects and at least fifty percent (50%) shall be allocated for projects of cities and counties within the district.
Grant funds available for solid waste management district counties, cities, schools and organizations – private, for-profit and non-profit that will:
- Promote waste reduction, reuse or recycling throughout the district, or
- Provide recycling, composting, or special collection services in the ORSWMD district, or
- Improve the handling of hard to recycle items and develop alternatives, or
- Improve the handling of items banned by MO law from landfills, or
- Develop new or improved programs that will reduce the generation of solid waste, or
- Create new markets or improve markets for recovered resource materials
Priorities
High Priority
- Household Hazardous Waste (Includes household batteries, oil based paints, waste oil, toxic household cleaners, pesticides/herbicides & fertilizers and more.)
- Education
- Scrap Tires
- Paint
- Electronic/Appliance Scrap
- Construction & Demolition Waste
- Organic (Food) Waste
- Textiles
- Plastics
- Household Batteries
Medium Priority
- Cardboard
- Plastics
- Other Paper (office paper, pasteboard, mixed paper, etc.)
- Major Appliances
- Waste Oil
- School Lab Waste
- Mixed Glass
- Carpet and Padding
- Mattresses
Low Priority
- Ferrous Metals Old
- Bi-Metal Containers
- Yard Waste
- Non-Ferrous Metals
- Lead-Acid Batteries
- Old Newspaper
- Solar Panels
Examples of applying the above categories into activities for 2023 grant projects:
- Education — Waste reduction and recycling education is integral to the district’s mission. This priority emphasizes the need to carry out educational efforts that raise awareness and increase participation in waste reduction, recycling programs and contamination reduction. Example: community or school-based food waste reduction program.
- End-Market Development — Projects that support the development of new markets and the expansion of existing markets for recovered materials generated in their region. Example: manufacturing of products from recycled materials.
- Waste Reduction and Reuse — Projects which support waste reduction and reuse activities that include community-based projects that focus on repair services, lending libraries, and educational projects that teach waste reduction. Example: Fix-it clinics for repair of small appliances, lamps, and sewing.
- Hard-To-Recycle Items — Collection, processing and end markets for hard-to-recycle materials. Examples include furniture, mattresses, carpet, rigid plastics (such as laundry baskets and toys), Styrofoam, ceramics, and porcelain.
- Organics Management — Projects that address infrastructure and collection programs for food waste composting or develop pilot projects for school-based food waste reduction and composting activities.
- Construction and Demolition Waste — Projects which effectively address the diversion of construction and demolition materials or develop ways to incorporate the reuse of discarded construction and demolition materials into an existing business.
- Special Events/Business/ Multi-Family Dwelling Recycling — Improve access to recycling in multi- family buildings and increase recycling participation of businesses and special events.
Funding Information
The grantee will be required to report diversion rates for an additional four years after the grant closes if a project includes $5,000 or more in equipment purchases or site improvement.
Project Period
Funding may be requested for periods of up to 12 months with an extension, upon request, for an additional 12-18 months.
Criteria Entities within Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties are eligible for these funds, including businesses providing significant services within these counties.
For more information, visit ORSWMD.
