Grant Details
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Grant Program pursuant to Section 47200(a) of the Public Resources Code. The purpose of the grant is to assist local governments in implementing safe HHW programs, which may include public education, source reduction, reuse, recycling, load checking and collection components.
Funding
- $1,000,000 available for this grant cycle, fiscal year 2024–25, subject to funding availability.
- $50,000 is the maximum available for individual grant awards.
- $100,000 is the maximum available for the following applicants:
- Rural area counties (must have a population of 200,000 or less)
- Regional or JPA applicants.
Eligible Projects/Products
This grant cycle has been designed for smaller projects that complement existing and/or regional HHW programs in California. Grant applications must include one or more of the following types of projects:
- HHW public education and outreach for general audiences (may include extended producer responsibility [EPR] information).
- Implementation of sustainable EPR collection opportunities, to include but not limited to:
- Promotion of an ongoing retail take-back program such as batteries or fluorescent lamps at local hardware stores, businesses, or government facilities.
- Promotional collection events hosted at businesses or government facilities.
- Promotional public education and outreach materials specifically for local retail take-back programs.
- Project(s) that:
- Determines and implements the safest and the most cost-effective methods for collecting propane gas cylinders and/or marine flares.
- Implements effective education programs and identifies effective incentives that reduce the disposal of household hazardous waste. The incentives must be something reusable to replace HHW being disposed (does not include monetary or Stuff We All Get (SWAG) incentives, rechargeable batteries, adapters, valves, caps or other accessories (with the exception of propane tank connector hose adapters) for refilling propane canisters).
- Incentive costs of up to 20 percent of the approved Budget are eligible. Incentives cannot exceed 20 dollars (including sales tax) per item with the exception of allowing incentive costs for LED marine flares for up to $45 per item and no more than one per household may be distributed. Incentives exceeding 20 dollars will require Grant Manager approval.
- If refillable propane cylinders are used as incentives, they cannot be larger than one pound.
- Set-up and operation of temporary or mobile collection program for one-day or multi-day collection events for the following, except for those materials that are currently covered by another recycling/collection program (e.g. covered electronic waste [https://calrecycle.ca.gov/electronics/cew/] cell phones, thermostat, etc.):
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Common HHW materials (https://dtsc.ca.gov/household-hazardous-waste/) and universal waste (https://dtsc.ca.gov/universalwaste/).
- Marine flares.
- Propane gas cylinders up to 5 gallons.
- Solar panels.
- Awardees are required to collect and report data on type/style of panels, manufacturer, volume, and the method of disposal. (Note: Review Department of Transportation rules and research costs during planning stage.)
- New or expanded curbside and/or door-to-door collection programs to allow for the collection of new and eligible HHW materials.
- Minor improvements to an existing HHW facility.
- Examples include but are not limited to storage bins, signage, painting, paving, shelving, etc.
- Purchase of personal protection equipment.
- Eight-hour refresher Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standards (HAZWOPER) training.
Projects that do not fall within one of these eight categories will not be eligible for grant funding.
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