MISSOURI RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
To lead Missouri toward environmental sustainability through waste reduction and recycling.
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MORA Recycling Conference Webpage www.moraconference.org 2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS November 20: MORA Board Meeting UPCOMING WEBINARS
Check Out Newly Developed Materials on Anaerobic Digestion and Environmental Justice! The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association—in partnership with Northeast Recycling Council, Clean and Healthy New York, and Connecticut Coalition for Economic and Environmental Justice—developed materials on AD and environmental justice as part of an EPA-funded project. Learn more and download materials, including guides on regulation and community engagement. Reminder - Apply for EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights is awarding approximately $2 billion in grants to fund community driven projects that address climate challenge and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful implementation. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with initial award selections beginning in March 2025. The final application deadline is November 21, 2024. 
Learn About Nature’s Climate Champion During International Compost Awareness Week
International Compost Awareness Week is an annual education initiative focused on compost. This year, it takes place May 5 – 11, and the theme is “Compost...Nature’s Climate Champion!” A plug and play social media marketing toolkit is available to help promote the event. Learn about ICAW. Recycling Contamination Brochure Templates
MORA's Printable Recycling & Contamination Brochure - Click here! Example: City of Waynesville's Contamination Brochure - Click here! MORA's Targeted Material Resource Guides
Thank you to everyone for your contributions to your communities, and to this organization! Missouri 20-year progress
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Tools: Kits to Fight Contamination
We continued our statewide work in Massachusetts, fighting contamination in six more communities and training Bay State staffers to deploy our approach for years to come. Together with the Massachusetts Department for Environmental Protection, we created the Recycling IQ Kit. Here’s one for curbside recycling communities, and another for communities with drop-off programs. |
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News & Updates
Food Waste Prevention Week Webinar:
November 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET
Join to discover tips and strategies to host an engaging event while capturing content that extends your impact long after the event ends.
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November 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET
Join to discover tips and strategies to host an engaging event while capturing content that extends your impact long after the event ends.
Click here to learn more!
Click here to register now as a Food Waste Prevention Week 2025 Partner!
EPA Announces $117 Million for Grants Focused on Recycling and Wasted Food Prevention:
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities, totaling approximately $117 million, to improve recycling infrastructure and consumer education and outreach on wasted food prevention and composting! Two of the notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants – one funding opportunity for Tribes and intertribal consortia and another for communities across the country – and are focused on improving solid waste management infrastructure. The third notice is for EPA’s Recycling Outreach and Education (REO) grant program and is focused on wasted food prevention and composting.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Funding Opportunities
> The grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide approximately $20 million in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million each.
The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia is March 14, 2025. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia web page.
> The grants for communities will provide approximately $58 million in awards ranging from $500,000 to $5 million each. The entities eligible to apply under this announcement are political subdivisions of states and territories (such as counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of government). The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Communities is December 20, 2024. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Communities web page.
Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Funding Opportunity
The recycling education and outreach grant will provide approximately $39 million for one award, and the EPA requires that all applications for this funding opportunity be coalition applications.
The deadline to apply for the REO funding opportunity is December 20, 2024.
For the full details, please visit EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program web page.
Informational Webinars:
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities, totaling approximately $117 million, to improve recycling infrastructure and consumer education and outreach on wasted food prevention and composting! Two of the notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants – one funding opportunity for Tribes and intertribal consortia and another for communities across the country – and are focused on improving solid waste management infrastructure. The third notice is for EPA’s Recycling Outreach and Education (REO) grant program and is focused on wasted food prevention and composting.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Funding Opportunities
> The grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide approximately $20 million in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million each.
The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia is March 14, 2025. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia web page.
> The grants for communities will provide approximately $58 million in awards ranging from $500,000 to $5 million each. The entities eligible to apply under this announcement are political subdivisions of states and territories (such as counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of government). The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Communities is December 20, 2024. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Communities web page.
Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Funding Opportunity
The recycling education and outreach grant will provide approximately $39 million for one award, and the EPA requires that all applications for this funding opportunity be coalition applications.
The deadline to apply for the REO funding opportunity is December 20, 2024.
For the full details, please visit EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program web page.
Informational Webinars:
- SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia - EPA will host two live webinars to assist potential applicants under this competitive funding opportunity. The webinars will be held on October 16 and 29, 2024. Registration information will be posted soon on EPA’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia webpage.
National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss & Waste & Recycling Organics:
The EPA, USDA, and FDA are pleased to announce the release of the “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics” as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to tackle climate change, feed people, address environmental justice, and promote a circular economy. This Strategy will accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste and is the first interagency national strategy that lays out a path for the United States to meet its national goal to halve food loss and waste by 2030. It is a deliverable in the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It is also part of EPA’s Series of Strategies on Building a More Circular Economy for All.
The goal of the Strategy is to prevent the loss and waste of food and increase recycling of organic materials to support a circular economy for all, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save households and businesses money, and build cleaner, healthier communities. It identifies concrete steps that will both accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste, and the recycling of the remaining organic waste across the entire supply chain.
The Strategy offers four main objectives. The first two objectives are related, with the first focusing on preventing the loss, and the second on the preventing the waste of food. This is because prevention, rescuing and upcycling food offers the greatest opportunity of all food loss and waste strategies to decrease GHG emissions, protect critical ecosystems, and address climate change. The third objective focuses on increasing the recycling rate for all organic waste. The fourth objective focuses on supporting policies that incentivize and encourage food loss and waste prevention and organics recycling. Each objective is accompanied by complementary EPA, USDA and FDA actions that will support the US National Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal of reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030.
The three agencies received over 10,000 comments throughout the comment period. We appreciate those who took the time to comment and give feedback on our priority actions, and have incorporated many suggestions throughout the final strategy, particularly in the areas of:
· Food donation/rescue.
· Upcycled food.
· Insect agriculture.
· Rendering.
· Uses for finished compost beyond agriculture use.
The agencies are considering recommendations based on available capacity and funding.
For more information, please see the press release here:
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-national-strategy-reduce-food-loss-and-waste-and
The EPA, USDA, and FDA are pleased to announce the release of the “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics” as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to tackle climate change, feed people, address environmental justice, and promote a circular economy. This Strategy will accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste and is the first interagency national strategy that lays out a path for the United States to meet its national goal to halve food loss and waste by 2030. It is a deliverable in the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It is also part of EPA’s Series of Strategies on Building a More Circular Economy for All.
The goal of the Strategy is to prevent the loss and waste of food and increase recycling of organic materials to support a circular economy for all, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save households and businesses money, and build cleaner, healthier communities. It identifies concrete steps that will both accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste, and the recycling of the remaining organic waste across the entire supply chain.
The Strategy offers four main objectives. The first two objectives are related, with the first focusing on preventing the loss, and the second on the preventing the waste of food. This is because prevention, rescuing and upcycling food offers the greatest opportunity of all food loss and waste strategies to decrease GHG emissions, protect critical ecosystems, and address climate change. The third objective focuses on increasing the recycling rate for all organic waste. The fourth objective focuses on supporting policies that incentivize and encourage food loss and waste prevention and organics recycling. Each objective is accompanied by complementary EPA, USDA and FDA actions that will support the US National Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal of reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030.
The three agencies received over 10,000 comments throughout the comment period. We appreciate those who took the time to comment and give feedback on our priority actions, and have incorporated many suggestions throughout the final strategy, particularly in the areas of:
· Food donation/rescue.
· Upcycled food.
· Insect agriculture.
· Rendering.
· Uses for finished compost beyond agriculture use.
The agencies are considering recommendations based on available capacity and funding.
For more information, please see the press release here:
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-national-strategy-reduce-food-loss-and-waste-and
Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program
NOW OPEN!
EPA’s new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and stakeholder input. They are designed to deliver on the transformative potential of the IRA for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments.
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NOW OPEN!
EPA’s new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and stakeholder input. They are designed to deliver on the transformative potential of the IRA for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments.
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2024 Missouri Legislative Session:
Bill of Interest:
> SB964: Enacts provisions relating to state designations
SB964 is an omnibus bill that adds new state designations like special days and weeks to be celebrated. Included is a designation of the first full week in May as Missouri Compost Awareness Week.
* Additional pertinent information found on page 3, section 9.397
Stay tuned for new bill to be filed for 2025 legislative session.
Paint Legislation Resources:
> SB 936 Information
Bill of Interest:
> SB964: Enacts provisions relating to state designations
SB964 is an omnibus bill that adds new state designations like special days and weeks to be celebrated. Included is a designation of the first full week in May as Missouri Compost Awareness Week.
* Additional pertinent information found on page 3, section 9.397
Stay tuned for new bill to be filed for 2025 legislative session.
Paint Legislation Resources:
> SB 936 Information
EPA's New Wasted Food Scale
State of Recycling, The Present and Future of Residential Recycling:
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