Ohio EPA grants $908,884 for recycling and litter prevention in southwest Ohio
Local governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout southwest Ohio are receiving more than $900,000 this year in grants from Ohio EPA to implement recycling, litter prevention, market development and scrap tire recycling programs.
Statewide, Ohio EPA is issuing more than $7.5 million in grant funding to 159 recipients, with more than $3.8 million specifically for community and litter prevention programs.
Local governments and other entities use these grants for litter collection, education programming, and the disposal of scrap tires through amnesty collection events. All local clean-up efforts involve the work of volunteers and take place on public property.
Projects approved for funding for program year 2024 include:
Airstream, Inc (Shelby County)
$24,110
Recycling Equipment
Archbishop Carroll High School (Montgomery County)
$9,842
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Archbishop McNicholas High School (Hamilton County)
$6,871
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Central Montessori Academy (Hamilton County)
$5,000
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub (Hamilton County)
$4,002
Outreach and Education
City of Oxford (Butler County)
$28,135
Special Venue Recycling, Outreach and Education
City of Springboro (Warren County)
$4,674
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Clark County Solid Waste District
$9,463
Special Venue Recycling
Clinton County Solid Waste Management District
$12,320
Outreach and Education
Darke County Solid Waste
$10,250
Keep America Beautiful: Renewal Fee, Tire Amnesty Events
Driveway Dumpsters Incorporated, DBA GreenCity Recycling (Hamilton County)
$196,373
C&DD Collection and Processing Equipment
Foundation for Ohio River Education (Hamilton County)
$35,000
Litter Clean-Up Events
Great Parks of Hamilton County
$8,957
Litter Clean-Up Events
Greene County
$8,000
Tire Amnesty Events
Hamilton County ReSource
$15,916
Outreach and Education
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful (Hamilton County)
$24,697
Litter Clean-Up Events
Lebanon City Schools (Warren County)
$10,000
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital LLC (Clermont County)
$100,000
Recycling Equipment
MetroParks of Butler County
$50,000
Special Venue Recycling
Miami County
$100,000
Recycling Equipment
New Life Furniture Bank (Hamilton County)
$43,344
Recycling Equipment
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Warren County)
$5,800
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Piqua Catholic School (Miami County)
$1,786
Water Bottle Refilling Station
See3D (Montgomery County)
$800
Outreach and Education
Springer School and Center (Hamilton County)
$7,350
Water Bottle Refilling Station
St. Joseph Consolidated School (Butler County)
$4,149
Water Bottle Refilling Station
TCN Behavioral Health Services Inc. (Greene County)
$350
Recycling Equipment
The Foodbank, Inc. (Montgomery County)
$8,085
Water Bottle Refilling Station
The Miami Valley School (Montgomery County)
$3,400
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Transportation Research Center (Logan County)
$1,610
Water Bottle Refilling Station
Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. (Champaign County)
$125,000
Recycling Equipment
Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce (Greene County)
$43,600
Special Venue Recycling.
Community and Litter Grants are available to local governments, parks or health departments, state colleges and universities, solid waste authorities, and nonprofit organizations or Keep America Beautiful communities to support and expand community recycling and litter prevention efforts.
Market Development Grants assist businesses that purchase equipment and infrastructure for successful markets of recyclable materials and related products.
Scrap Tire Grants provide financial assistance to Ohio’s businesses, communities, and nonprofits seeking to convert manufacturing operations into facilities that accept scrap tire material, expand tire processing, or use scrap tire material in construction projects or manufactured products.
Academic Institution Grants are available to public and private K-12 schools, colleges and universities for recycling efforts as well as outreach and education, recycling equipment and conference sponsorships.
The Source Reduction Grants are available to local governments, parks or health departments, public and private K-12 schools, state colleges and universities, solid waste authorities and nonprofit organizations for new or retrofit water bottle refilling stations to reduce single-use plastic water bottles, decrease plastic waste and increase landfill diversion.
For additional information about the grant programs, contact Marie Barnett at Marie.Barnett@epa.ohio.gov, or online: www.recycleohio.gov.
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