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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $4.9 Million in Recycling
Education and Outreach Funding in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region as Part of
America Recycles Day
On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest
recycling investment in 30 years
WASHINGTON (Nov. 15, 2023) – Today, in conjunction with America Recycles
Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 25 selectees
nationwide to receive over $33 million in Recycling Education and Outreach
(REO) grants, nearly $5 million of which is slated for the Mid-Atlantic
region. These grants, which are part of President Biden’s Investing in
America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, will expand recycling education
and outreach for waste management systems across the region.
“Today, on America Recycles Day, we are putting historic recycling
investments into communities, made possible by President Biden’s Investing
in America agenda,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Two years
ago today, the President signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and with it,
unleashed unprecedented funding to enable Tribes and communities to update
recycling and composting infrastructure, while also advancing education
programs to increase recycling rates and reduce waste.”
“These recycling education and outreach grants allow us to meet people where
they are – they provide funding to create educational materials and find
ways to make recycling easier,” said EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional
Administrator Adam Ortiz. “There’s no one size fits all solution and these
grants allow local leaders to custom tailor solutions.”
These recycling grants will help tackle consumer confusion and outdated
recycling infrastructure, the largest barriers to proper recycling. Thanks to
President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed
two years ago today, EPA was provided the largest recycling investment in 30
years that is funding this program.
These grants reflect the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to
tackling environmental justice and the climate crisis. Many communities with
environmental justice concerns carry a disproportionate environmental and
human health burden from waste management. As part of President Biden’s
Justice40 Initiative, 74% of the funding allocated in the REO grants will
benefit underserved and overburdened communities. Increasing recycling is also
an important way to reduce pollution because natural resource extraction and
processing make up half of all global greenhouse gas emissions that drive the
climate crisis. Recycling reduces the need to extract resources such as
timber, water, and minerals for new products.
The Recycling Education and Outreach grant projects will help inform the
public about local recycling and composting programs and focus on increasing
collection rates while decreasing contamination of recycling streams across
the nation. EPA has announced 4 selectees in the Mid-Atlantic region selectees
to receive $4,930,047 in Recycling Education and Outreach grants. They
include:
Delaware Valley Citizens Council for Clean Air has been selected to receive
$371,516. The goal of this proposal is to build and support composting systems
at the backyard and neighborhood levels in Braddock, Clairton, and Swissvale,
Pennsylvania. The Council will co-develop educational workshops, literature,
and social media with community members, provide supplies and logistical
support, and create a network that will develop and manage composting systems
tailored to community needs.?
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission has been selected to receive
$1,965,525. Representing seventeen local governments in Virginia, this
campaign will take a comprehensive approach to improve recycling across
multiple jurisdictions by employing techniques such as community engagement,