[OKRA] EPA offers Grant to help reduce food loss and waste

[Ellen Bussert]

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Part of the mission of the Oklahoma Recycling Association is to reduce
waste.  Here is an opportunity to learn how to better manage food waste.
There is a webinar to answer any questions on this grant on August 2. 3:00
- 4:00 p.m EST to answer questions about applying for this grant. (See link
below.)






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*Sustainable MaterialsManagement Updates*

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*EPA Announces Anaerobic Digestion Grant Opportunity for Food Waste
Management Projects*

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications on
Grants.gov
<http://listserv.erg.com/trk/click?ref=zpe5n8wq2_4-22vwubb-0-1cc2x32d2ex014724&>
for
projects from states, tribes, territories and non-profit organizations to
help reduce food loss and waste and divert food waste from landfills by
expanding anaerobic digester (AD) capacity in the United States.
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EPA anticipates awarding up to $2 million in total AD funding. Individual
projects could be in the range of $50,000-$200,000 for the funding period
of two years.

All applications must achieve one or more of the following objectives:

   - Develop new or expand existing AD capacity for processing food waste.
   - Demonstrate solutions and/or approaches for increasing food waste AD
   utilization that can be replicated by other communities, governments, or
   other entities.
   - Support state, Tribal, and/or local government programs that seek to
   use AD to increase their food waste diversion rates.

The following entities are eligible to apply:

   - State, local, Tribal, interstate and intrastate government agencies
   and instrumentalities; and
   - Non-profit organizations (as defined by 2 CFR Part 200) that are not
   501(c)(4) organizations that lobby, including non-profit educational
   institutions and non-profit hospitals.

In addition, up to approximately $800,000 of the estimated total will be
set-aside specifically for awards to the following organizations:

   - U.S. territories;
   - Tribal governments;
   - Tribal colleges and universities; or
   - Eligible organizations located in persistent poverty counties.

Applications are due by *October 7, 2021*. Additional information is
available on Grants.gov
<http://listserv.erg.com/trk/click?ref=zpe5n8wq2_4-22vwubb-0-1cc2x32d2fx014724&>,
under Funding Opportunity Announcement *EPA-OLEM-ORCR-21-02*.

For more information on this opportunity, and to join the informational
webinar (August 2, 2021, from 3:00-4:00 pm ET) visit the EPA Anaerobic
Digestion Funding Opportunity website
<http://listserv.erg.com/trk/click?ref=zpe5n8wq2_4-22vwubb-0-1cc2x32ccfx014724&>
.

Learn about other EPA Resources and Possible Funding Opportunities Related
to the Food System here
<http://listserv.erg.com/trk/click?ref=zpe5n8wq2_4-22vwubb-0-1cc2x32cd0x014724&>
.




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materials more productively over their entire life cycles. By looking at a
product's entire life cycle, we can find new opportunities to reduce
environmental impacts, conserve resources and reduce costs.*

*For more information about Sustainable Materials Management, vi**sit our
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