The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment is accepting applications for its Recycling Resources Economic Opportunity Program.
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to fund projects, sustainable beyond the grant period, which will enhance the financial viability of recycling, composting, reuse, repurposing, and waste reduction in Colorado and will create new jobs in the state. Preventing waste before it is created is the most effective reduction method (reduce), followed by reuse, and recycle.
Grants are competitively available to qualified applicants whose proposals reduce waste or increase diversion through one of the following strategies (in no particular order) and create jobs:
- Establishing or improving programs or methods that divert materials from landfills, which may include material recycling or reuse for various materials or products, composting, and food rescue;
- Leveraging regional partnerships to maximize economies of scale with consideration to circularity or end-market development;
- Developing best practices in recycling, composting, waste minimization and diversion, reuse, and repurposing;
- Implementing proven diversion methods through volume-based pricing, market incentives, contracting, policy, or other mechanisms;
- Providing detailed waste diversion studies on the impacts of recycling and material reuse in Colorado;
- Educating and informing the public about waste diversion. This includes incorporating elements of community based social marketing (CBSM). CBSM maintains that the creation of long-term or permanent behavioral change involves person-to-person contact and counters the argument that using media alone to provide information will result in substantial change. Employing concepts drawn from social psychology, CBSM defines clear steps to accomplishing lasting and quantifiable change in human behavior.
Funding Information
The budget is approximately $2 million dollars. While the actual amount of grant awards may vary depending on the number of qualified applications, applicants must request a minimum of $50,000 in grant funds to be eligible.
Project Period
All projects are funded for a duration of no more than one fiscal year, from early July 2024 through
June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities that are eligible to apply include:
- Public and government agencies, including but not limited to tribes, special districts and
intergovernmental partnerships; - Public or private schools, colleges, and universities; and
- Private sector entities (for-profit and nonprofit organizations) who are in good standing with the
Colorado Secretary of State.
For more information, visit Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.