# Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-i-olem-orcr-23-02-consumer-recycling-education-and-outreach-reo-grant-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/344491

> Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $2.0 million (at least $250,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 25 awards worth $30.0 million in total. Applications closed on February 15, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-23-02 |
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 15, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $2.0 million |
| Award floor | $250,000 |
| Expected awards | 25 |
| Total funding | $30.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 66.921 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

See Section III of funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.

## What the grant funds

The EPA is seeking applications proposing projects that inform the public about new or existing residential or community recycling programs; provide information about the recycled materials that are accepted as part of a residential or community recycling program that provides for the separate collection of residential solid waste from recycled material; and increases collection rates and decreases contamination in residential and community recycling programs. Projects will improve consumer recycling education with the goal of achieving separate collection of recycled material across the nation, maximizing the efficient reuse of materials, and identifying strategies that otherwise result in an increase in volume of recyclable materials. The EPA also recognizes and encourages applications that demonstrate evidence-based messaging and strategies associated with effective communication campaigns designed to increase prevention, reuse, repair, remanufacture, recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting in communities and/or decrease contamination in the recycling stream. This approach to community-informed messaging goes beyond education only by emphasizing researching the audience, building trust, and reducing audience barriers while emphasizing benefits for desired action. In addition, the EPA is seeking applications for recycling education and outreach projects that address environmental justice concerns and focus predominantly on addressing the disproportionate and adverse human health, environmental, climate-related and other cumulative impacts, as well as the accompanying economic challenges of such impacts, resulting from industrial, governmental, commercial and/or other actions that have affected and/or currently affect people/communities of color, low income, tribal, and indigenous populations, and if applicable, other vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, children, and those with pre-existing medical conditions.

## Questions people ask

### Is EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-23-02 still open?

No. It closed on February 15, 2023.

### Who can apply for Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program?

Environmental Protection Agency accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program?

Closed February 15, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $2.0 million each. About $30.0 million in total across about 25 awards.

### Who has won Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were World Wildlife Fund, Inc., Ecomaine, City of New York. The program made 26 awards worth $57.9 million in that time.