Recycling Grants
Here is a list we’ve compiled of available recycling grant programs in North America. If there’s anything we missed, let us know by calling us at 1 (888) 646-4246 or email solutions@cleanriver.com.
North American Grants
The Americas
Grant Name: Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation
The Foundation supports non-profit organizations to promote environmental causes and aid in sustainable development, environmental justice, and environmental education.
Link: https://bit.ly/2HwUx0K
North America
Grant Name: The Environmental Research and Education Foundation
The Foundation awards recycling grants for research projects and educational initiatives for developing tools that promote awareness or increase knowledge of the solid waste industry.
Amount: Up to $500,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2kWqykI
Grant Name: Patagonia Environmental Grant
Patagonia supports environmental organizations with bold, direct-action agendas and a commitment to long-term change. Eligible entities for recycling grants include any organization that is action-oriented, builds public involvement, and works to build an inclusive and diverse environmental movement.
Amount: $2,500 – $15,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/Mk7k1
Canadian Grants
Canada
Grant Name: TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Grant
The Foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives that have a primary focus on environmental education and green-space programs. Eligible entities include registered Canadian charities, educational institutions, municipalities, and Aboriginal groups.
Amount: Average grant sizes are $2,000 – $8,000
Link: https://go.td.com/2YQ69lj
Grant Name: Green Municipal Fund- Pilot Project Waste Diversion
This funding helps Canadian municipalities, private sector entities, Indigenous communities, not-for-profits, research institutes, and non-governmental organizations to reduce, reuse, and recycle material that would have otherwise entered the waste stream.
Amount: Up to $350,000
Link: https://bit.ly/30Fljvh
Alberta
Grant Name: The Community Champions Program
The Community Champions Program is a positive approach to building participation in beverage container recycling. The program provides recycling grants for specialized recycling bins (indoor and outdoor) and start-up support to the Community Champions Program, by ensuring more accessible and convenient out-of-home opportunities for recycling.
Amount: Up to $20,000
Link: https://bit.ly/30GJWI8
Grant Name: EcoTrust Environmental Grant Program
EcoTrust invests in Alberta’s environmental non-governmental organizations to more effectively deliver programs, projects, and results that advance their environmental missions.
Amount: Up to $30,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2EtXayn
Grant Name: Edmonton Community Grant Program
The program supports charities in the greater Edmonton area by awarding recycling grants for program and project funding to equipment purchases or renovations- and more.
Amount: Up to $80,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2EsCGGq
British Columbia
Grant Name: Columbia Basin Trust
The Columbia Basin Trust invests in non-profits, public organizations, municipalities, regional districts, and Indigenous organizations in order to strengthen overall environmental well-being. Projects funded include educating the public, supporting the protection, enhancement, and restoration of resources, as well as projects that are meant for enhancing or conserving ecosystems and/or species of conservation concern.
Amount: $5,000+
Link: https://bit.ly/2EsCGGq
Grant Name: Comox Valley Community Foundation
The foundation supports local communities, organizations, and charities that are striving to improve the Comox community.
Amount: $250,000 is awarded each year
Link: https://bit.ly/2JD2rb8
Vancouver, British Columbia to Portland, Oregon
Grant Name: Bullitt Foundation
The Bullitt Foundation provides recycling grants to non-for-profit organizations that are working to safeguard the natural environment by promoting responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Link: https://bit.ly/2LHKhlO
Manitoba
Grant Name: Brandon Area Community Foundation
The Foundation awards recycling grants to non-profit organizations that are located in Southwestern Manitoba and purposefully bring together individuals and groups who wish to make an on-going difference in their community.
Amount: $579,066 was awarded last year
Link: https://bit.ly/2Qmtwjh
Grant Name: Winnipeg Community Grant
The Winnipeg Community Grant works with local charities to cultivate belonging, encourage prevention and well-being, promote sustainable lifestyles, green the charitable sector, tackle climate change, create social change through art, and to celebrate our diverse cultural heritage.
Amount: Up to $100,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/BJLvu
Newfoundland and Labrador
Grant Name: Multi-Materials Stewardship Board
To help support sustainable communities, business innovation and waste reduction research.
Amount: More than $12 million has been allocated since 2007.
Link: https://bit.ly/2M6G5AW
Northwest Territories
Grant Name: The Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiative (WRRI)
The WRRI supports NWT-based municipalities, Indigenous governments, schools, organizations, businesses and individuals reduce the amount of waste generated, reuse materials and products, recycle materials, and recover a useful benefit from waste.
Amount: Up to $50,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2Qlp8Rs
Toronto, Ontario
Grant Name: Waste Reduction Community Grants
To reduce the amount of residential waste that meets landfills and engage communities to participate in actives that reduce residential waste. Eligible groups include resident, tenant, and neighbourhood associations, service clubs, ethnic community organizations, registered charitable organizations, environmental organizations, school groups, clubs, and councils.
Amount: $5,000 – $25,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2Wl3aUo
Saskatchewan
Grant Name: EcoFriendly Sask Action Grant
This recycling grant provides aid for individuals, schools, or community groups and institutions in Saskatchewan for projects that preserve and protect the natural environment.
Amount: $500
Link: https://bit.ly/1mnsdKy
Grant Name: Assistance to Community Groups – Cash Grant Environmental
To aid local non-profit organizations in environmental stewardship, waste reduction and/or diversion, and environmental education and/or awareness.
Amount: Up to $30,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2X3QP3N
Yukon
Grant Name: Environmental Awareness Fund (EAF)
The EAF awards recycling grants to non-profit organizations to educate, engage, and connect Yukon communities with the territory’s natural environment to in order to promote conservation, biodiversity, sustainability and stewardship.
Amount: Up to $30,000
Link: https://yukon.ca/en/eaf
American Grants
United States
Grant Name: The Keep America Beautiful/Coca-Cola Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Program
The grant program awards recycling bins to schools, government agencies, colleges and other community organizations on a competitive basis. Interested parties complete an online application, designating the style and number of bins they would like and explaining how and where they would use the bins. Keep America Beautiful selects recipients based on the merits of their proposal according to several criteria including need and the potential to recover the greatest amount of recyclables. Keep America Beautiful then works with its vendors to arrange delivery of the bins at no cost to the grant recipients. In addition to the free bins awarded through the grant, all applicants are extended the opportunity to purchase additional recycling bins and related accessories at a special, discounted price. Grants are offered to KAB affiliates, government and public agencies, non-profit organizations, tribal governments, religious organizations, colleges & universities, k-12 schools and other community groups
Link: https://bit.ly/2JZSm7s
Grant Name: PepsiCo Recycling Zero Impact Fund
The PepsiCo Recycling Zero Impact Fund goes towards schools who are engaging the community, as well as creating or strengthening green initiatives on campus.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Link: https://bit.ly/30EQtTF
Grant Name: ecoSolution Grants
The grant supports solution-oriented, youth-led projects that result in real environmental outcomes.
Amount: $500 – $2,500
Link: https://bit.ly/30EQuab
Grant Name: Quadratec Cares
Quadratec Cares works with any individual or organization for trail building or restoration, litter prevention, sustainable land management, and for community environmental education projects.
Amount: Up to $3,500
Link: https://bit.ly/2oUcPzC
Grant Name: Cliff Bar Family Foundation
The Cliff Bar Family Foundation supports organizations to protect Earth’s beauty, increase opportunities for outdoor activity, reduce environmental hazards, and build stronger communities.
Link: https://bit.ly/2Wl3bYs
Grant Name: Cornell Douglas Foundation
The Cornell Douglas Foundation works with charities to support environmental health and justice, land conservation, and sustainability of resources.
Link: https://bit.ly/2RRZKSP
Grant Name: The Lawrence Foundation
The Lawrence Foundation is for non-profit organizations headquartered in the United states, but can be located elsewhere to support environmental, human services and other causes.
Link: https://bit.ly/2JZxVaT
United States: Irvine, Bridewater, Chicago, Sugarland, and Jacksonville
Grant Name: Mazda Foundation
The Mazda Foundation supports local organizations to promote environmental conservation.
Link: https://urlzs.com/LQYPt
Alabama
Grant Name: Alabama Recycling Fund
Funding goes towards buying recycling trailers and bins, collection trucks and other equipment, as well as funding to support education efforts encouraging participants in recycling programs.
Amount: $1,700,000 has been awarded since the start of the fund.
Link: https://bit.ly/30OhxQu
Grant Name: ALPAR Recycling Mini-Grant
The ALPAR Recycling Mini-Grant is available for communities and non-profits to promote community recycling of household materials in Alaska. Funds can be used to support programs and projects such as purchase of equipment, recycling events, and education and public awareness efforts.
Amount: $500 – $2,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2ErARcI
California
Grant Name: Beverage Container Recycling Grant
To establish convenient beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects, as well as to encourage market development and expansion activities for beverage container materials. Eligible grant members include California cities, counties, other local government entities, as well as joint power authorities, special districts, public education institutions and districts, non-profit organizations and qualifying Indian tribes.
Amount: Up to $1,500,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2JD2rb8
Grant Name: Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program
The goal of this program is to support cities and counties to reach and maintain an 80% recycling rate for all California refund value beverage containers (aluminum, glass, plastic, and bi-metal). Funds can also go towards helping litter cleanup activities as well.
Amount: Up to $10,500,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2WtYbkp
Grant Name: The Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation supports non-profit organizations that have been operating for at least 3 years to execute projects that focus on education, health and human services, culture and humanities, and the environment.
Amount: $10,000 – $100,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2X04aKp
Colorado
Grant Name: Recycling Resources Economic Opportunity (RREO) Grant Program
The RREO Program provides funding for businesses, local governments, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions in order to promote economic development through the management of materials that would otherwise be land-filled. Funds are available to support recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, source reduction, and beneficial use/reuse. This includes using grant funds for recycling bins.
Amount: More than $25,000,000 has been awarded
Link: https://bit.ly/1axhgWn
Connecticut
Grant Name: RecycleCT Innovation Grant Program
Provides support to higher education institutions, municipalities, municipal or regional planning organizations, special districts (e.g. school districts, public housing authorities), and non-profit organizations (including institutes, alliances, or trusts) that are working towards sustainable materials management, with a focus on zero waste, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
Link: https://bit.ly/2W0aIfC
Georgia
Grant Name: Georgia-Pacific Foundation Grant
Through the Georgia-Pacific Foundation Grant, organizations, governments, schools and fire/police departments within the Georgia-Pacific manufacturing area are supported through environmental programs that promote clean air and water, recycling, and resource conservation. Programs involving environmental education are also funded.
Link: https://bit.ly/2M8T6Ka
Illinois
Grant Name: Illinois Recycling Grant Program
The grant program helps local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and private entities initiate or expand recycling collection and/or processing efforts in Illinois.
Link: https://bit.ly/2VM7tnl
Indiana
Grant Name: Recycling Market Development Program
Promotes reuse, reduce, and recycle methods in order to better manage solid waste by developing markets for recycling. Eligible entities include public and private businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations.
Amount: $1,000 – $250,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2J3gTF2
Iowa
Grant Name: Iowa Solid Waste Alternative Program (SWAP)
SWAP provides financial aid to to businesses, government agencies, public and private groups, as well as individuals, in order to support the development and implementation of projects that focus on waste reduction and landfill diversion.
Link: https://bit.ly/2JY4Psh
Kansas
Grant Name: Solid Waste Green Schools Grant
This program awards recycling grants to k-12 schools located in Kansas, in order to support projects that engage students in recycling and waste reduction projects.
Amount: Up to $4,500
Link: https://bit.ly/2EpV9TO
Kentucky
Grant Name: Litter Abatement Grant
The Litter Abatement Grant is dedicated to promoting litter cleanup among public roads. Eligible entities for this grant include counties that are in compliance with their 5 year waste management plan as well as incorporated cities that provide municipal solid waste collection service.
Link: https://bit.ly/2Hxh79s
Massachusetts
Grant Name: Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) Municipal Grant
SMRP provides financial aid to local cities, towns, regional authorities, and certain non-profit organizations with projects to improve local recycling, composting/organics, reuse, source reduction, program development, and enforcement activities that increase diversion and reduce disposal.
Amount: Has awarded $35,000,000 since the start of the program in 2010.
Link: https://bit.ly/2M7C3In
Grant Name: Massachusetts Recycling Loan Fund
The fund supports recycling companies, subsidiaries, or units that collect or separate recyclable materials for resale, or who reuse, process, compost, or convert recyclable materials into marketable products. The fund aims to promote businesses to become active in recycling-related activities.
Amount: $50,000 – $500,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2HPvvZB
Michigan
Grant Name: Recycling Market Development Grant Program
The Recycling Market Development Grant Program is for both non-profit businesses and organizations, cities, townships, counties, tribal governments, municipal solid waste authorities, resource recovery authorities, educational institutions, health departments, or regional planning activities. The grant includes financing for commercialization of technologies to replace materials with recycled content, in order to improve the quality, increase the quantity, and grow demand for utilizing recycled materials in manufacturing or other uses. It also includes research and development of new uses for recycled materials.
Amount: Up to $500,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2In5OBA
Michigan
Grant Name: EGLE
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) is awarding nearly $1.6 million in infrastructure grants to six public agency and nonprofit recipients in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
Amount: Up to $1.6 million to support recycling infrastructure.
Link: EGLE – Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (michigan.gov)
Minnesota
Grant Name: BizRecycling
To help businesses, non-profits, schools, and institutions in Ramsey and Washington Country to help start, improve, or manage workplace trash, recycling, food scraps, and organics.
Amount: Up to $10,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2iVfCDX
Grant Name: Environmental Assistance Loans
Loans for small to medium-sized businesses and political subdivisions of Minnesota to help aid in pollution prevention, source reduction, recycling, and source-separated compostable materials.
Amount: Up to $250,000 with 0% interest
Link: https://bit.ly/2HRDJAe
Mississippi
Grant Name: Mississippi School Recycling Grants
Supports public and private k-12 schools in Mississippi to grow recycling efforts in the state.
Amount: $500 – $1,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2YDwQcO
Missouri
Grant Name: Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant Program
The program provides valuable assistance to local governments, private businesses, and not-for-profit organizations in the implementation and expansion of a wide variety of waste reduction and recycling projects.
Amount: Has awarded over $42,000,000.
Link: https://bit.ly/2X2eiT9
Montana
Grant Name: Assisting Charitable Endeavors (ACE)
ACE works with non-profit organizations to promote civic goodwill and enhance the success of selected worthwhile causes in Montana.
Amount: $250 – $2,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2YPW1ZT
Nebraska
Grant Name: Litter Reduction and Recycling Grant Program
Provides recycling grants for both public and private entities to support programs to reduce litter, provide education, and promote recycling in Nebraska.
Amount: Approximately $1,500,000 is available annually.
Link: https://bit.ly/2HP8ki9
Grant Name: Nebraska State Recycling Association Recycling Equipment Grants
Any Nebraska organization including schools, municipalities and other government entities, nonprofit organizations and recycling companies are eligible to purchase recycling equipment through this fund.
Amount: Up to $20,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2HAd5NH
Nevada
Grant Name: Nevada Recycling Grant Program
The Nevada Recycling Grant Program aims to increase opportunities for the recycling and reuse of solid waste, to increase public awareness of the importance of conserving natural resources, and the reduction, reuse, and recycling of solid waste. Eligible entities include municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, schools and school districts, higher education institutions, and other public institutions.
Amount: Up to $50,000
Link: http://ow.ly/lgcb50ydBVE
New Hampshire
Grant Name: Municipal Recycling and Storage Equipment Grants
To assist local communities with the purchase of recycling equipment.
Amount: Funding up to 20% of the purchase price of equipment.
Link: https://bit.ly/2WnyKkc
New Mexico
Grant Name: Recycling and Illegal Dumping (RAID) Fund
To protect the health and welfare of current and future residents of New Mexico by providing for the prevention and abatement of illegal dumpsites and promoting environmentally sound methods for reuse and recycling. Eligible groups include municipalities, counties, solid waste authorities, pueblos, tribes and nations, land grant communities, and cooperative associations.
Amount: Up to $800,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2YL65TS
Grant Name: Solid Waste Facility Grant Fund
To provide financial aid to municipalities, counties, cooperative associations, and solid waste authorities for their projects that will result in environmentally sound methods for solid waste facility management and significant improvement of protection of the environment and public health.
Amount: Up to $35,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2YL65TS
New York State
Grant Name: Municipal Waste Reduction and Recycling Program (MWR&R)
The MWR&R supports projects that include planning, educational and promotional activities to increase public awareness of and participation in waste reduction and recycling. Additionally, this recycling grant also includes support for expanding local recycling programs.
Link: https://on.ny.gov/2EtcefN
North Carolina
Grant Name: Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant Program
To assist local governments with the implementation, expansion, and improvement of waste reduction and recycling programs.
Amount: Up to $20,000 – $30,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2WY7fuM
Ohio
Grant Name: Ohio Community and Litter Grant
The Community and Litter grant is for communities, local governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations to establish and implement recycling, recycling market development, litter prevention and scrap tire recycling programs.
Amount: Up to $200,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2QiPq76
Grant Name: Zero Waste Event Partnership
To create an efficient distribution system of special event recycling & waste reduction supplies to local government agencies and non-profit institutions.
Amount: Up to $1,500
Link: https://bit.ly/2HN7zpB
Oklahoma
Grant Name: The Environment Education Grant
The Environment Education Grant is for either public or private k-12 teachers, school environment club, youth group leaders, and/or organizations with a youth component to help the general public become more aware of actions and activities that will help preserve and protect Oklahoma’s environment.
Amount: Up to $7,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2VVTQqq
Portland, Oregon
Grant Name: Ecomaine
Ecomaine helps schools start a sustainability program or grow an existing one.
Amount: Up to $25,000
Link: https://bit.ly/2HyAMG4
Vermont
Grant Name: Organizational Waste Reduction and Reuse Program (OWRRP)
The OWRRP supports businesses, community and youth groups, institutions, and non-profits promote innovative and sustainable solutions to problems in our current waste system.
Amount: $500 – $5,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/vPNbN
Grant Name: School Zero Waste Grant
To help public k-12 schools in Central Vermont reduce waste.
Amount: Up to $2,500
Link: https://urlzs.com/tyTwH
Grant Name: Municipal Services Program Grant (MSP)
To provide resources and financial support to municipalities located in the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) to meet the diverse needs of member municipalities to develop infrastructure for solid waste management local facilities and to promote community-based solutions.
CVSWMD Member Towns: Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fairlee, Hardwick, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, and Woodbury.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/9NqP8
Virginia
Grant Name: Litter Control Grant Program
Assists municipalities and county government agencies with community cleanup and litter enforcement projects.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/bd3tR
Washington
Grant Name: Waste Reduction and Recycling Education (WRRED) Grants Program
Recycling grants to support local governments and non-profit organizations for statewide education programs designed to help the public with litter control, waste reduction, recycling, and composting.
Amount: Up to $60,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/m57hW
West Virginia
Grant Name: Recycling Assistance Grant Program
Supports any county, municipality, public or private entity in West Virginia with recycling grants to help with the planning and implementation of recycling programs, related public educational programs or for assistance in recycling market efforts.
Amount: Up to $150,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/bd3tR
Wisconsin
Grant Name: The Recycling Consolidation Grant
The Recycling Consolidation Grant provides recycling grants to support to cities, towns, villages, counties, federally recognized tribe or band in this state or a solid waste management system for education and outreach materials, collection/transport of residential recyclables, utility services, etc.
Link: https://urlzs.com/nf9Hs
Grant Name: Water & Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program
Provides recycling grants to most state and local government entities, private nonprofits, and federally-recognized tribes for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas.
Link: https://urlzs.com/pu5dS
Wyoming
Grant Name: The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Micro Grant
This Micro-Grant provides funding to an organization, government entity, or other IRS recognized charitable organization who has projects involving unique, unexpected opportunities or urgent, unanticipated problems.
Amount: Up to $3,000
Link: https://urlzs.com/Ywzjk
Grant Name: The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Competitive Grant
To strategically support public charities, schools, governmental entities and religious organizations to address community needs.
Amount: $3,000+
Link: https://urlzs.com/Lx7Yc
