Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program

Eligible costs are limited to the following:

• Personnel costs directly related to the start-up/implementation of the project are capped at 25% of the total grant award, such as:

  • Recycling coordinator salaries or wages for those directly involved, students, consultants

• Purchase of equipment or materials related to infrastructure such as:

  • Beverage container recycling bins/receptacles

  • Cluster bins

  • Lids

  • Receptacle liner

  • In-unit totes (multi-family residential dwellings)

  • Pads/enclosures to accommodate centralized roll-off, balers, scales, optical sorters (for municipality operating its own Material Recovery Facility)

  • Equipment modifications

  • Signage

  • Brochures

  • Installation costs for equipment

  • Service cart for use in collection of materials

  • Laptops, computers, etc.

• Purchase of water refill stations, including the installation, replacement of current infrastructure, plumbing, maintenance, additional attachments or modifications, or related educational and outreach activities/materials promoting water refill stations.

• Direct operating expenses associated with project activities.

• Expenses for an ongoing collection program (excluding single stream).

• Education activities and/or materials promoting beverage container recycling (not to exceed a maximum cap of 25% of the total grant award). May be included as part of the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Plan for local jurisdiction applicants.

• Funding must have a direct connection to the CRV of beverage containers and the overall program.

  • If non-CRV items are included in the grant, they are subject to proportional cost.

• Dual bin collection systems permanently attached together to include landfill and CRV beverage containers are 100% eligible.

• Litter reduction and cleanup along the United States-Mexico border where the waste stream includes beverage containers that will be recycled.