By Susan Hess. July 26, 2018. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Materials Management division is accepting grant applications for programs that promote the prevention, recovery or reuse of solid wastes. This year DEQ will award a total of $500,000.
The DEQ program funds a wide diversity projects throughout the state. 2018 Materials Management Grants are for any project that prevents, reuses, or recovers solid waste through recycling, composting, or anaerobic digestion.
A sample of three of the 20 grants awarded in 2017 show a variety of topics and locations.
- Lincoln County Solid Waste District/Green Schools: $10, 359 to implement food waste composting and reestablish recycling to elementary and middle schools and also apply for Green School certification.
- Toolbox Project (in Lane County): $24,500 to expand its lending library of home and garden tools, purchase a delivery tricycle, and hire an operations manager.
- City of Shaniko: $5,249 to purchase a trailer, fuel and labor for recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles.
- Klamath Works: $27,302 to repurpose mattresses not amenable for recycling into premium dog beds.
Grants are open to Oregon local governments and districts, Oregon nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments, public universities, colleges, and schools.
Application deadline is Sept. 28, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Applicants are encouraged to participate in a conference call from 10 – 11 a.m. on Monday, July 30, 2018. During this call, potential applicants can ask questions about the application forms and process. A meeting for Oregon tribes will be Aug. 3, 2018 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Detailed information is on their website page: Department of Environmental Quality/Materials Management/Materials Management Grants Program. https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/Pages/Grants.aspx
