The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting applications for its Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/20/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
This funding opportunity under the Recycling Education and Outreach grant program aims to fund projects that will meet the following objectives and reduce GHGs:
- Decrease wasted food from households
- Expand markets for and sales of compost
- Inform the public about new or existing residential food waste composting programs; provide information about the materials that are accepted as part of a residential food waste composting program; and increase collection rates and decrease physical contamination in residential food waste composting programs
Funding Information
- The total amount of funding available under this funding opportunity is $39,094,000.
- The budget for project #1 must be no less than $30,000,000 and no more than $34,094,000, and the budgets for projects #2 and #3 combined must be no less than $5,000,000 and no more than $9,094,000 in total.
Project Period
5 years
Activities
Activities funded under this grant may include (but are not limited to):
- public service announcements;
- door-to-door education and outreach campaigns;
- social media and digital outreach;
- an advertising campaign on food waste reduction or composting;
- translation and transcreation of outreach materials;
- the development and dissemination of (i) a toolkit for implementation of outreach and education programs; (ii) information on the importance of quality in the composting stream; (iii) information on the economic and environmental benefits of food waste reduction and composting; and (iv) information on what happens to materials after the materials are placed into a residential composting program;
- businesses composting outreach; and
- bin, cart, and other receptacle labeling and signs.
Eligibility Criteria
EPA requires all applications for this funding opportunity be coalition applications. The lead applicant for any coalition application selected for award will be required to submit a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by all coalition members prior to receiving the award. The MOA does not need to be submitted at the time of application, but the lead applicant shall submit the MOA signed by all coalition members by March 1, 2025. To demonstrate the other members’ commitment to the coalition, the lead applicant must include in their application a signed letter of intent from each coalition member stating the member’s intent to sign the MOA if the coalition application is selected.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
