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Act 101, Section 904 Municipal Recycling Program Performance Grant is a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that funds local governments to enhance their recycling programs based on recycling performance metrics. Grant awards are determined by total tons recycled and the municipality's recycling rate, evaluated at $10. 00 per ton for approved commercial recycling.
Eligible materials include post-consumer aluminum and steel cans, glass, plastics, corrugated cardboard, newspapers, and other marketable paper grades. Materials from residents, businesses, schools, universities, and community events may count toward grant awards. Eligible applicants are city and township governments and special district governments in Pennsylvania with established recycling programs.
Applicants must retain documentation proving material eligibility, origin, and recycling status, with third-party verification required.
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904 Municipal Recycling Program Performance Grant This grant provides financial support to local governments in Pennsylvania to enhance their recycling programs based on the amount of materials recycled and their recycling rates. The Recycling Performance Grants, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), are available to all local governments in Pennsylvania with established recycling programs.
Grant awards are determined based on the total tons recycled and the municipality's recycling rate. Eligible materials include post-consumer aluminum and steel cans, glass, plastics, corrugated cardboard, newspapers, and other marketable paper grades. Materials collected from residents, businesses, schools, colleges, universities, and community events can be factored into the grant awards.
Applicants must provide documentation to prove that the materials claimed were eligible, generated within the applicant's boundaries, and recycled or marketed within the covered year. The program is governed by Section 904 of Act 101, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, with additional requirements specified under Act 140 of 2006.
DEP requires a third-party verification independent from the municipal applicant for materials processed by the facility. Not specified - Not specified Grants are awarded based on the total tons recycled and the applicant's recycling rate, evaluated at $10. 00 per ton for each approved ton of commercial recycling reported.
City or township governments Special district governments Applicants must retain documentation proving the eligibility and origin of materials, and their recycling or marketing status. 904 Municipal Recycling Program Performance Grant | GrantExec, a Euna Solutions® company
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Municipalities in Pennsylvania with recycling programs. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA SBIR Phase I Solicitation invites small businesses to submit proposals for projects addressing critical environmental challenges. Awards are for six months to demonstrate proof of concept. Key focus areas include Clean and Safe Water, Air Quality and Climate, Homeland Security, Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials, and Safer Chemicals.
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Community Change Grants Program funds projects that provide meaningful improvements to the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. While broadly focused on environmental and climate justice, projects can include aspects that relate to community health and well-being through addressing environmental health risks. The program aims to fund community-driven pollution and climate resiliency solutions and strengthen communities' decision-making power. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.