v=,EPA Investing in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program Fact Sheet Salt Lake City Corporation Selected Grant Recipient Name: Salt Lake City Corporation Project Location: Salt Lake City, UT Project Title: Salt Lake City Corporation EPA Information Region: EPA Region 8 Grant Funding: $954,687 The Salt Lake City Corporation project promotes R3—reuse, reduce, recycle—as a way to achieve zero waste by 2040. Methods include meaningful environmental justice engagement to inform a communication campaign augmented with R3 outreach and education activities; a Recycling Ambassador program; and community recycling collection events for hard-to-recycle items, electronic waste, and household hazardous waste. 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 Justice40 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 Salt Lake City Corporation once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied. Other Recycling Grant Funding in Utah Utah SWIFR State Grant Fact Sheet City of Logan SWIFR Communities Grant Fact Sheet Highlights • Serves 11 disadvantaged communities. • Reduces language and transportation barriers to increase recycling program participation. • Decreases recycling contamination. Consumer Recycling Fducation and Outreach Grant Program EPA 530-F-24-005-RR April 2024 ------- |