The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is pleased to announce the availability of solid waste infrastructure grant funding for Connecticut municipalities and regions through the Materials Management Infrastructure (MMI) Grant program.
Donor Name: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/06/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Public Act authorized $15 million in total. DEEP expects to award this grant funding over two (2) grant rounds, the size and scope of which are yet to be determined but will be influenced by the number, type, and amount of funding requests received in the first grant ground.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for MMI Grant funding, an Applicant must be a Connecticut municipality, a group of Connecticut municipalities, or a Connecticut regional entity (council of government, regional planning agency, resource recovery authority, recycling operating committee, etc.). All Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to join the Connecticut Coalition for Sustainable Materials Management (CCSMM), which makes available information, resources, technical assistance and networking for municipal members. Applicants are also encouraged, but not required, to participate in Sustainable CT to take advantage of additional sustainable materials management support, resources, and funding. Environmental compliance history may impact eligibility, and in considering this factor DEEP may apply the standards and process set out in CGS Section 22a-6m, with other applicable environmental regulations or statutes.
Eligible Proposals
Eligible proposals will support waste reduction and/or diversion and may include, but not be limited to, separation, sorting, and disposal infrastructure; and composting/anaerobic digestion infrastructure, with the goal of improving diversion of municipal solid waste to recycling and regaining self-sufficiency in managing MSW disposal within Connecticut’s borders. Highlyrated eligible proposals will include infrastructure components that support adoption of UnitBased Pricing (UBP) programs and/or food scrap collection programs that contribute to reducing the volume of MSW requiring disposal and increasing diversion of food scraps. Some examples of such components include, but are not limited to:
- Sorting, de-bagging or other projects related to co-collection of bagged food scraps and bagged MSW;
- De-packaging projects related to composting of food scraps;
- In-vessel composting equipment for multi-family housing, congregate housing, and schools and other institution;
- Pilot approaches to bear-proof collection systems for food scraps;
- Aerated static pile and other composting system infrastructure supporting food scrap diversion and recycling.
- Purchase of real property for the hosting of new and/or expanded waste management infrastructure.
For more information, visit DEEP.
