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Community Recycling Awareness Grant
About the Grant
The Community Recycling Awareness Grant was created by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District to help local governments in Cuyahoga County promote recycling to residents.
Project Criteria
The District is seeking to fund projects that increase residents’ awareness and participation in community-sponsored recycling programs. Types of activities that are eligible include the following:
- Public space recycling containers or event recycling containers
- Recycling brochures, newsletters, fliers, etc.
- Advertising
- Video production or PSA production for community cable programming
- Recycling signage
- Special waste collection events and shredding events
2013 Community Recycling Awareness Grant application: Deadline -- February 1, 2024
2012 Recycling Awareness Grant awards
In March, the District awarded a total $120,997 in grants to thirty-five communities for recycling awareness and education. Since this grant was started in 2007, over $490,000 grants have been provided to 56 communities in Cuyahoga County.
| COMMUNITY |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
GRANT AWARD |
| Bay Village |
Funding to promote 1-7 plastics recycling to residents |
$3,500 |
| Beachwood |
Funding to conduct two community shred day events |
$750 |
| Bedford |
Funding to conduct two community shred days and to produce refrigerator magnets with recycling information |
$3,954 |
| Bratenhal Village |
Funding to produce a community recycling brochure |
$2,000 |
| Brecksville |
Funding to purchase recycling containers for city parks |
$4,000 |
| Brooklyn |
Funding to produce a brochure to promote new automated rubbish and recycling collection program |
$3,280 |
| Brooklyn Heights |
Funding to purchase public recycling containers for municipal buildings and public areas |
$4,000 |
| Chagrin Falls |
Funding to purchase public recycling containers and print recycling information for residents |
$4,000 |
| Cleveland |
Funding to purchase recycling containers for city recreation centers |
$4,000 |
| Cleveland Heights |
Funding to purchase recycling containers for city parks |
$3,650 |
| Euclid |
Funding to produce a recycling flyer to be mailed to residents |
$4,000 |
| Fairview Park |
Funding to conduct two community shred days and to produce promotional magnets and banners |
$3,949 |
| Garfield Heights |
Funding to implement a Garfield Goes Green recycling awareness campaign |
$4,000 |
| Glenwillow |
Funding to produce a village recycling web page and recycling collection signage |
$1,200 |
| Highland Hills |
Funding to purchase signs for recycling collection events |
$3,790 |
| Independence |
Funding to produce signage for automated collection vehicle |
$800 |
| Lyndhurst |
Funding to produce and mail a recycling brochure to residents |
$3,834 |
| Maple Heights |
Funding to print and mail a recycling brochure to residents |
$2,952 |
| Mayfield Heights |
Funding to promote annual community recycling and shred day event |
$3,906 |
| Mayfield Village |
Funding to purchase public recycling containers for city buildings |
$3,870 |
| North Royalton |
Funding to conduct two community shred day events and to purchase public recycling containers |
$3,900 |
| Olmsted Township |
Funding to buy recycling containers, recycling flier and shed day promo |
$4,000 |
| Orange Village |
Funding to produce a community recycling calendar |
$4,000 |
| Parma |
Funding to advertise community special waste collections to residents |
$3,224 |
| Parma Heights |
Funding to produce a recycling brochure and purchase public recycling containers |
$4,000 |
| Pepper Pike |
Funding to produce community service department newsletters and to purchase recycling containers for City Hall |
$3,840 |
| Richmond Heights |
Funding to design a recycling web page, recycling brochure and to conduct a community shred day |
$4,000 |
| Seven Hills |
Funding to conduct two community shred days and promote city recycling round-ups |
$2,228 |
| Shaker Heights |
Funding to promote yard waste collection program |
$4,000 |
| Solon |
Funding to produce a magnet with recycling information for residents |
$4,000 |
| South Euclid |
Funding to print a recycling brochure and to advertise community recycling forums |
$3,425 |
| Strongsville |
Funding to purchase special waste collection tent |
$4,000 |
| University Heights |
Funding to community recycling calendar |
$4,000 |
| Warrensville Heights |
Funding to produce a recycling brochure and conduct two community shred days |
$4,000 |
| Woodmere |
Funding to community recycling calendar |
$2,945 |
| TOTAL |
|
$120,997 |