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Investing in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program Fact Sheet
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Selected Grant Recipient

Name: Hampton Roads Planning District
Commission

Project Location: Hampton Roads Metropolitan
Region, VA

Project Title: Start Smart, Recycle Right Hampton
Roads

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 3

Grant Funding: $1,965,525

The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission seeks to change the culture of recycling in
southeastern Virginia by using the Start Smart, Recycle Right campaign to encourage Hampton
Roads residents to reduce waste and recycle properly. The campaign will take a comprehensive
approach to improving the entire recycling process across multiple jurisdictions, employing
techniques such as community engagement, research, targeted route-level recycling audits and
education, direct mailings of cart stickers, development of web-based recycling tools, mass media
advertising, public relations, and development of educational and promotional materials.

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 disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, 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 the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission once all legal and
administrative requirements are satisfied.

Other Recycling Grant Funding in Virginia

Link to Virginia SWIFR State Grant Fact Sheet
Link to SWIFR Communities grant in Northern Shenandoah Valley

Highlights

•	Benefits 16 cities and counties.

•	Uses the Start Smart, Recycle Right
campaign to inform the public about
local recycling programs.

EPA 530-F-24-005-FF

it Program
April 2024


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