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TN Used Oil Grants is sponsored by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. This program provides financial assistance to establish or upgrade used oil collection infrastructure. The grant prioritizes projects that create new collection sites or upgrade existing facilities to ensure compliance with state environmental standards.
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Return to Division of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) Main Page Division of Solid Waste Management Tennessee counties, municipalities, and organizations which have been determined to be tax exempt nonprofit recycling organizations or who are designated as 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service may apply.
Three priorities have been established for this offering: Establish new used oil collection infrastructure in an underserved location or new site. Upgrade or replace existing equipment at collection centers not currently meeting the standards specified in the Used Oil Collection & Recycling Grant Program Requirements.
Establish a DIY used oil collection at an existing recycling center, solid waste collection facility, or other publicly owned facility. Applicants can use this grant to cover the cost of building or upgrading Automotive Fluid Collection Centers, but such funds may not be used for regular operation expenses of a recurring nature.
Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to: Paving, fencing, collection tanks, electrical power, filter crushers, canopy structures, spill containment equipment, and used oil transport trailers.
Furthermore, applicants previously awarded a grant of this type from the Solid Waste Management Fund in the last two years that are currently under contract with open balances or who have failed to meet the obligations of additional Division of Solid Waste Management grant contracts in the last two years are ineligible.
Funding & Matching Requirements: The Used Oil Collection and Recycling grant takes funding availability into consideration by limiting the maximum available amount an applicant may request for a collection center establishment or upgrade.
Awardees agree to adhere to the requirements as they are provided in the “Used Automotive Fluid Collection Center Program Requirements”, which states a Grantee shall exceed state regulatory standards for used oil collection. This is a non-matching grant. View currently offered Materials Management program grants If you are interested in applying for this grant offering, please register and apply via the TDEC Online Grants System .
Robin Chance, Grants Manager Amber Greene, Materials Management Program Administrator
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Tennessee counties, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations designated as 501(c)(3) may apply; organizations with open balances from similar grants in the past two years are ineligible. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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