Investing in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program Fact Sheet

Recycle Hawai'i

Selected Grant Recipient

Name: Recycle Hawai'i

Project Location: Greater Ka'u, HI

Project Title: Hawai'i Youth Clean Stream Campaign

and Waste-to-Wealth Initiative

• Creates and trains 3 cohorts of 20
students as Student Resource
Ambassadors.

Highlights

EPA Information

• Sets up and monitors a student-led
vermiculture composting program.

Region: EPA Region 9

• Engages and empowers students from
environmental justice communities.

Grant Funding: $1,547,635

This project will create three consecutive cohorts of Hawai'i-based Student Resource Ambassadors
who will, through immersive education and project-based learning, design and launch a series of
education campaigns. These campaigns will inform the public about residential or community
recycling programs and offer information about recycled materials that are accepted as part of a
residential or community recycling program. The project will encourage separate collection of
residential solid waste from recycled materials and will increase collection rates while decreasing
contamination in residential and community recycling programs.

REO Grants

The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides the largest EPA investment in recycling in 30 years to
support National Recycling Strategy implementation and build a circular economy for all. As part of
the Investing in America agenda, this funding supports improvements to waste management
systems and programs, allowing resources to be used more efficiently and reducing the impact on
the climate. REO grant funding can be used to inform the public about residential or community
recycling programs, provide information about the recycled materials that are accepted as part of a
residential or community recycling program, and increase collection rates and decrease
contamination in residential and community recycling programs. These grants also advance the
Justice^ Initiative, which aims to ensure that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal
investments flow to communities that have historically been underserved and overburdened by
pollution. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also requires that 20% of the grant funding go to
communities that are low-income, rural or Native American.

EPA will make the award to Recycle Hawai'i once all legal and administrative requirements are
satisfied.

Other Recycling Grant Funding in Hawai'i

Hawai'i SWIFR State Grant Fact Sheet
Hawai'i SWIFR Communities Grant Fact Sheet

EPA 530-F-24-005-W

Consumer Recycling Fducation and Outreach Grant Program

April 2024


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