<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lprhwwd10" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div><br></div><div>The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has announced the application window is open for community based solid waste programs.  This is a great opportunity for your community to start or enhance a program.  Be sure and check out the Food Waste Program.  Reducing food waste is something that could probably be done in every community across the State.</div><div><br></div><div>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align:center;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img src="cid:ii_lpri6kox1" alt="image.png" width="272" height="102"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">DEQ's Solid Waste Management Grant application window is open now through February 29, 2024 for the 2025 fiscal year (FY25: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025). </div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.deq.ok.gov/land-protection-division/waste-management/solid-waste/funding-opportunities-for-community-based-environmental-protection-projects/" id="m_-3999909775141430575OWAef5f3028-780a-ea98-6246-c9b43dc583e9" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">https://www.deq.ok.gov/land-protection-division/waste-management/solid-waste/funding-opportunities-for-community-based-environmental-protection-projects/</a> </span></div><div><div id="m_-3999909775141430575LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVxLm9rLmdvdi9sYW5kLXByb3RlY3Rpb24tZGl2aXNpb24vd2FzdGUtbWFuYWdlbWVudC9zb2xpZC13YXN0ZS9mdW5kaW5nLW9wcG9ydHVuaXRpZXMtZm9yLWNvbW11bml0eS1iYXNlZC1lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFsLXByb3RlY3Rpb24tcHJvamVjdHMv" style="width:800px;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;max-width:800px;min-width:424px"><table id="m_-3999909775141430575LPContainer391920" role="presentation" style="padding:12px 36px 12px 12px;width:800px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(200,200,200);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr valign="top" style="border-spacing:0px"><td><div id="m_-3999909775141430575LPImageContainer391920" style="margin-right:12px;height:53.3726px;overflow:hidden;width:240px"><a href="https://www.deq.ok.gov/land-protection-division/waste-management/solid-waste/funding-opportunities-for-community-based-environmental-protection-projects/" id="m_-3999909775141430575LPImageAnchor391920" target="_blank"><img id="m_-3999909775141430575LPThumbnailImageId391920" alt="" height="53" width="240" src="https://www.deq.ok.gov/wp-content/uploads/land-division/SW-grants-graphic.jpg" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block;"></a></div></td><td style="width:488px"><div id="m_-3999909775141430575LPTitle391920" style="font-size:21px;margin-right:8px;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_light,"Segoe UI Light","Segoe WP Light","Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;margin-bottom:12px"><a href="https://www.deq.ok.gov/land-protection-division/waste-management/solid-waste/funding-opportunities-for-community-based-environmental-protection-projects/" id="m_-3999909775141430575LPUrlAnchor391920" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">Funding Opportunities for Communities - Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality</a></div><div id="m_-3999909775141430575LPDescription391920" style="font-size:14px;max-height:100px;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;margin-bottom:12px;margin-right:8px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(102,102,102)">We are accepting applications for the 2025 fiscal year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) now through February 2024. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has the jurisdictional area of environmental responsibility over the prevention, control, and abatement of pollution caused by solid waste which presents a threat to human health or the … Read more</div><div id="m_-3999909775141430575LPMetadata391920" style="font-size:14px;font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(166,166,166)"><a href="http://www.deq.ok.gov/" target="_blank">www.deq.ok.gov</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div id="m_-399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