The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has announced the availability of grant funds to assist communities’ efforts to increase recycling and waste reduction.
Donor Name: Indiana Department of Environmental Management
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Community Recycling Grant Program is administered through the Office of Program Support (OPS) of IDEM.
Funding Information
Grants start at $1,000 and go up to $100,000 with a 25 percent cash match.
Grant Period
Grant agreements will be for a term of 18 months.
Eligible Funding Costs 
Funding is available for expenses related to the startup or expansion of recycling, reuse, composting, Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection or disposal, and source reduction programs. Eligible expenses include: 

Purchase of recycling equipment such as balers and compactors.
Organics management equipment including chippers and leaf collectors/vacuums. 
Recycling collection vehicles, such as a curbside recycling truck. 
Educational materials to inform new and existing participants. 
Funding for HHW projects will be used toward proper collection and disposal methods of HHW, establishment of reuse and product exchanges to reduce the quantity of HHW being disposed, and education programs to reduce the quantity of HHW generated by informing the public of less hazardous and/or nontoxic substitutes for typical household hazardous products.

Project Eligibility
Projects should accomplish one or more of the following:

Start or expand a recycling, source reduction, reuse, buy-recycled, or composting program.
Offer a new service, collect a new material, and/or serve a new area through the establishment of a new permanent service.
Improve efficiency and sustainability over current program practices through increased volumes of materials collected, and better processing of materials, cost savings, and resource conservation.

Eligibility Criteria 

Eligible Applicants:

Solid waste management districts (SWMDs)
Counties
Municipalities
Schools
Nonprofit organizations located in Indiana

Noneligible Applicants:

Businesses
Commercial operations
For-profit organizations
State agencies are not directly eligible for grants from IDEM. State agencies may be partners in projects with a solid waste management district or a local unit of government.

For more information, visit DEM.