$1.2 Million in Grant Funding; both non-profits and local governments eligible

Contributed by: Mark Nystrom | AOC Energy, Environment & Land Use Policy Manager

August 5, 2016

Approximately $1.2 million in grant funding will soon be available to projects supporting local solid and household hazardous waste planning, prevention and recovery. The grants will be made through the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Materials Management Program’s 2016 grant round. Last year, the program awarded nearly $600,000 to fifteen projects proposed by local governments.

For the first time, non-profit organizations, as well as local governments, will be eligible to receive grants under rules adopted earlier this year. Until now, only local governments could receive grants directly, while non-profits frequently subcontracted with local governments to provide program services. DEQ began awarding such grants twenty years ago.

DEQ plans to accept applications from late August through the end of October and award grants by the end of December 2016. More specific details will be announced later in August 2016. More information can be found at:www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/grants/.  To receive email or text message updates about DEQ’s Material Management grants, click here.