The U.S. Environment Protection Agency has launched a challenge promoting innovation in pollution prevention at industrial and federal facilities.
Donor Name: U.S. Environment Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 02/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $5000
Details:
The Challenge invites high school and college students and to use the TRI P2 Search Tool to identify a TRI facility that has reported implementing source reduction practices and tell a compelling story about how those practices or techniques benefit the business and positively impact communities and the environment.
Funding Information
- High School
- First Place (Two winners per category)$5000
- Second Place (Three winners per category) $2500
- Third Place (Five winners per category) $1500
- Colleges/Universities
- First Place (Two winners per category)$5000
- Second Place (Three winners per category) $2500
- Third Place (Five winners per category) $1500
Rules
EPA invites students to tell stories that communicate pollution prevention solutions and their positive impact to communities through the use of story maps, written stories, infographics or videos. Students should strive to present creative, innovative and informative submissions. The entries must tell a complete story and be easily understood by the reader.
Story submissions might cover the following topics:
- Overview of pollution prevention techniques by sector
- Presentation of one pollution prevention activity done by a facility (e.g., switch to a greener chemical, process changes, discontinue use of a chemical and/or implementing a technological solution)
- Description of reductions in emissions or waste generation and the benefit to the community (e.g., use TRI or other EPA data to quantify reductions over time)
- Description of community engagement activities aimed at increasing awareness of the P2 actions (e.g., public meetings, newsletters, sustainability reports, website, social media)
Eligibility Criteria
This challenge is open to high school students (grades 9-12) and college students who live in the United States or its territories. Participants may be individuals or teams. Federal employees, children of EPA employees, and children of affiliated state or tribal judging panel members are not eligible. Employees and their children of the companies profiled for this challenge are also not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit U.S. Environment Protection Agency.
