Reposted from Waste and Recycling News
By Amanda Smith-TeutschFeb. 2 -- The Coca Cola Co. and Keep America Beautiful have announced a new partnership for a recycling bin grant program aimed at supporting community recycling. Grant recipients receive donated recycling bins and information on beginning community recycling programs. The bin program is part of a $60 million investment by Coca-Cola in recycling initiatives in the U.S.
"Our company is committed to designing packages that are recyclable and resource efficient," said April Crow, sustainable packaging manager for The Coca-Cola Co. "We also are focused on ensuring that there are strong end-markets for our packages by investing in commercial recycling and community collection programs like RecycleBank and the Recycling Bin Grant Program. We hope this program will encourage communities to expand recycling as we continue to close the loop for our products as well as other valuable recyclables."Grant applications can be submitted at http://bingrant.org through March 12. Eligible grant recipients include government agencies, civic organizations, schools and nonprofit groups. Successful applicants will be notified on or before April 22.
Since its inception in fall 2007, the Bin Grant program has placed more than 5,700 recycling bins in 150 communities in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Recipients have included municipalities, colleges, Native American tribes, and community-based NGOs. The National Recycling Coalition previously sponsored the program with Coca-Cola.
NC DPPEA is pleased to release the request for proposals for the 2010 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants (CWRARs). The CWRAR grant round is open to all North Carolina local governments, solid waste authorities and councils of government seeking to expand or implement new waste reduction and recycling projects in the state. There are two award categories for the grant round this year: standard award and large purchase award.
The standard award has a maximum award of $25,000 and requires a cash match of 20% and the large purchase award has a maximum award of $40,000 and is only available for projects with a total budget of $50,000 or more. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on March 26, 2010 and preliminary awards should be announced in mid-April 2010.
The RFP can be found at this link. Do not hesitate to contact Scott Mouw at (919) 715-6512, scott.mouw@ncdenr.gov or Tom Rhodes at (919) 715-6516, tom.rhodes@ncdenr.gov if you have any questions about the grant making process.
The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program, or APNEP, is seeking proposals for demonstration projects. Grants will be awarded by APNEP, which protects water quality and other natural resources in a 36-county area of northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Schools, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and institutions in the APNEP region are eligible to apply for grant money.The projects must have a direct environmental benefit and occur on public lands in the APNEP region. They also must have a constructed component or vegetative planting on-site, feature a strong public outreach or education element, allow for permanent public access and have methods that may be applied in other locations. Past projects included outdoor classrooms, nature trails, rain gardens, green roofs and schoolyard wetlands.
Each project may receive up to $20,000 in funding from APNEP. The APNEP Citizen's Advisory Committee will select the proposals to be funded and determine funding amounts. Prospective grant recipients are encouraged to partner with others to leverage additional funds. The application deadline is Dec. 31. Awards will be announced in January. All awards are contingent upon the availability of funds.For more detailed information or to download an application, visit the APNEP Web site and click on "What's New - Request for Proposals". If you have questions about the application or eligibility requirements, contact Lori Brinn at Lori.Brinn@ncdenr.gov.
The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program (APNEP) is seeking proposals for Schoolyard-Based Demonstration Projects that promote responsible stewardship of the natural resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico region. The APNEP Citizens’ Advisory Committee will select projects from river basins included in the APNEP program area (Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, Roanoke, Chowan, or Pasquotank) and set funding levels for the proposals. A maximum amount of $12,000 is available per project. The committee may fund several projects within a given basin.Who is eligible to apply? The following agencies and organizations are eligible to apply for and receive funds: Educational institutions (public and private), State and local governments, Interstate and intrastate agencies, Nonprofit organizations and institutions. How to Apply and When? Application forms and information on the grant program can be requested from the APNEP office or downloaded from the program Web site at http://www.apnep.org, under What’s new. APNEP will accept proposals for consideration of funding until 5 p.m., March 6, 2009.
N.C. DPPEA is making 10, $1,000 truck advertisement grants available to local governments on a first come-first served basis. These grants are available through DPPEA and reimbursement must be requested before June 30, 2009.To be eligible for a grant, a local government must:
- Be operating a recycling program.
- Own trash and/or recycling vehicles.- Be willing to install truck advertisements on local government owned collection vehicles.- Be willing to brand with the Recycle Guys and/or RE3.org on the advertisement; however, the local government can design the ad.
- Agree to complete the project and request expense reimbursement no later than June 30, 2009.
To apply for funding, e-mail a Word document request to Kelley Dennings at kelley.dennings@ncmail.net in the following format:- Short description and budget of the project, including:
1. number and kind of local government collection vehicles
2. size, type and quantity of truck advertisement(s)
3. truck advertisement draft message or graphic desired
4. estimated price per advertisement and vendor name (note: no match is required for these grants, but additional local expenditures are welcome, especially those using local disposal tax revenues).
- Implementation timeline, including completion by June 30, 2009.
All selected recipients will be asked to sign a simple Memorandum of Understanding before making project purchases. Local governments will purchase the advertisements and submit for reimbursement to DPPEA. Up to 10 individual $1,000 projects will receive funding. If you have any questions, please contact Kelley Dennings at the e-mail address above or (919) 715-6507.
N.C. DPPEA is pleased to release the request for proposals for the 2009 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants. The CWRAR grant round is open to all North Carolina local governments, solid waste authorities and councils of government seeking to expand or implement new waste reduction and recycling projects in the state. Not for Profit agencies are no longer eligible for funding under this grant round. School recycling projects will be eligible if the application is done in coordination with the local government solid waste office. Find your local solid waste contact here. Individual school applications will not be accepted.There are two award categories for the grant round this year: standard award and large purchase award. The standard award has a maximum of $25,000 and requires a cash match of 20% and the large purchase award has a maximum of $40,000 and is only available for projects with a total budget of $50,000 or more. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2009 and preliminary awards should be announced in mid-March, 2009. The RFP can be found at the following link: http://www.p2pays.org/localgov/assistance/financial.asp. Please do hesitate to contact Jim Hickman at (919) 715-6528 or jim.hickman@ncmail.net if you have any questions about the grant making process.
GreenWorks! Grants If you have taken a Project Learning Tree workshop you are eligible for PLT’s GreenWorks! Grant program. It donates funding to schools and organizations across the country that involve students in community-based environmental projects. GreenWorks! is PLT’s service-learning program that engages PLT educators and their students with the local community in "learning-by-doing" neighborhood improvement projects. Since 1992, PLT has distributed more than $565,000 to fund 810 grant projects in communities across the country. Proposals for the Fall 2008 cycle of grants are due on Oct. 31, 2008. Grants up to $5,000 are available.
Coca-Cola/NRC Bin Grant ProgramNeed beverage container recycling bins for your local park, school, office or special event? The Coca-Cola/NRC Recycling Bin Grant Program supports local community recycling programs by providing selected grant recipients with containers for the collection of beverage container recyclables in public settings. Grant recipients will receive actual recycling bins instead of funding. The Fall 2008 grant application is open through Oct. 17. Applicants will be notified whether their proposal has been accepted on or before Nov. 14.
