The following document lists the recycling services available throughout the State of Missouri; it is maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Funding Opportunities
Grant Opportunities
Solid Waste Management Grant - Applications due December 31, 2009 For more information go to www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm.
Purpose:
The objectives of the Solid Waste Management Grant Program are to
- Reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas.
- Improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.
NOTE: Rural areas are defined as any area not in a city or town with a population in excess of 10,000, according to the latest decennial census of the United States.
Eligible Applicants:
Entities eligible for Solid Waste Management (SWM) grants are:
- Private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status designated
by the Internal Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is
defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:
- Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.
- Is not organized primarily for profit.
- Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.
- Public bodies.
- Federally acknowledged or State recognized Native American tribe or group.
- Academic institutions.
- Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in § 1775.2.
- Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds.
- Private businesses, Federal agencies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants.
See Department of Energy State and Local Grant Allocations
US Dept of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. Many communities in the Southeast have been selected to receive direct funding from this program. In many cases, the funding is substantial and can include recycling and landfill gas projects. Please note that these funds are available only for specific communities and not for businesses.
USDA Grant
Solid Waste Management Grant Program
Applications Accepted 10/1 – 12/31 of each year.
http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm
Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources Scrap Tire Surface Material Grant Application Information
Mailed applications must be postmarked by Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Hand-delivered applications must arrive at the department by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
2010 Scrap Tire Material Grant Application PDF
2010 Scrap Tire Material Grant Application Fill-In MS Word
2010 Scrap Tire Material Grants Application Instructions
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Lexington, KY 40506
$295,000
Potential source for recycling funding, especially in the recycling and economics areas.
www.sloan.org
This grant supplements significantly greater funding from the aluminum
industry and the University of Kentucky for the formation of an
Aluminum Industry Center. Over the past two decades, the bulk of
primary aluminum production and related jobs have moved offshore,
although the semi-fabricated and fabricated products sectors of the
North American industry have remained competitive. Nevertheless, the
challenges of global competition have forced many of these firms to
downsize and cut costs, including reducing their investments in
technology R&D and equipment. In the mid-1990s these competitive
pressures led the industry to develop partnerships to conduct R&D, two
of which are located at the University of Kentucky: the Center for
Aluminum Technology (CAT); and Secat, a for-profit contract research
organization that shares space and management with CAT. Both are well
established and sustained by company contributions and contracts, as
well as state and federal government grants. The new Center's research
agenda will be established in close connection with industry and will
fund multidisciplinary research teams who go out into the field for
observations and data collection. Three research topics are planned:
aluminum recycling; workforce development and deployment; and supply
chain management. The Center will involve faculty and students from
the Gatton College of Business and Economics, the College of
Engineering, and the Martin School of Public Policy, as well as from
the University of Louisville's Center for Business Logistics. It will
sponsor educational activities, doctoral dissertation research, case
studies for use in courses, and field trips for students to aluminum
firms. The Center, with commitments already in hand sufficient to
start and operate, has a realistic plan for raising additional funds
over the next three years and for being fully self-sustaining
thereafter. Project Director: Paul Jarley, Professor of Economics;
Associate Dean, Gatton College of Business and Economics.