Other Grant Opportunities
Grant Opportunities through EPD
The Recycling and Waste Diversion (RWD) grant program provides funding to local governments to support waste reduction and recycling.
The Scrap Tire Abatement Reimbursement (STAR) program provides funding to aid scrap tire clean up.
The Tire Products (Tire) Grant provides funding for projects that incorporate scrap tire-derived products into paving, trail, and playground surfaces or that identify innovative uses for these products through research.
Grant opportunities specific to environmental education can be found at EEinGeorgia.org.
There are grants offered through GA EPD in other branches. Click here for more details.
Glass Recycling Foundation Grants
The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The GRF’s mission is to promote the preservation of the environment through supporting and promoting effective glass recycling efforts. The GRF is dedicated to increasing material recovery and connecting glass generators with end markets. The GRF’s grant program is intended to increase glass recovery and diversion from landfills, and to connect glass generators with end-markets and is available to nonprofit entities, municipal, county, city, and state governments, glass collectors, material recovery facilities, and manufacturers.
The 2025 grant window is now open. Applications are due July 16, 2025, at 5 PM.
There are two categories for grant projects:
- Demonstration - projects that address specific gaps in the glass recycling supply chain and provide alternative strategies strengthening glass end markets
- Education - projects that present a clear message and strategy for educating the public about the environmental and community benefits of recycling glass and improving the quality of diverted materials from residents
Eligible applicants include:
- 501c3 Non-profit
- City, town, or other municipality
- County government
- State government
- Solid Waste District
- Public Authority or Commission
- Private industry with public partner
Please visit https://www.glassrecyclingfoundation.org/grants or email [email protected] for questions questions.
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation
BRACE Community Improvement Grant
The purpose of the BRACE Grant Program is to reduce litter, blight, and illegal dumping on public property and encourage code enforcement efforts. Funded through the Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF), the grant program is designed to prioritize assistance for communities to address these challenges.
Visit KGBF's website to learn more.
The Recycling Partnership Grant Opportunities
The Recycling Partnership (TRP) is a leading, national force dedicated to improving recycling. TRP provides resources, reports, and grant opportunities to local governments.
Current grant opportunities include:
Residential Curbside Recycling Grant
The Residential Curbside Recycling Cart Grant Program presents communities with the opportunity to apply for grant funding to convert bin or bag based curbside recycling programs to carts or to implement new cart-based curbside recycling programs. Applications for funding are accepted on an ongoing and continuous basis, and communities that receive funding for carts will also be offered financial and technical assistance in support of recycling education and outreach.
Several local governments in Georgia are recipients of grant funding from TRP.
Federal Government Grant Opportunities
Federal grant opportunities can be searched at Grants.gov.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Communities
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $275,000,000 total from Fiscal Year 2022 to Fiscal Year 2026 for grants authorized under the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. Projects funded through the funding opportunity will:
- Implement the “building a circular economy for all strategy series.”
- Improve local post-consumer materials management programs, including municipal recycling.
- Make improvements to local waste management systems.
The entities eligible to apply for the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Communities are political subdivisions of states and territories. EPA considers counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of governments that have executive and legislative functions to be political subdivisions of states and territories.
Learn more at: https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/solid-waste-infrastructure-recycling-grants-communities