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

City of Joplin

Selected Grant Recipient

Name: City of Joplin
Project Location: Joplin, MO
Project Title: Joplin Regional Recycling
Outreach

• Creates significant awareness about
recycling practices in communities that
might not be familiar with how to
recycle and what to recycle.

• Serves five disadvantaged
communities.

Highlights

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 7
Grant Funding: $1,740,000

The Joplin Regional Recycling Outreach project is a three-year campaign focused on further
expanding recycling awareness and encouraging behavioral changes through educational programs.
It encourages the collection of recycled materials that are sold to an existing or developing market.
This campaign uses a multi-pronged approach, featuring in-person community engagement, digital
media and traditional advertising campaigns.

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 City of Joplin once all legal and administrative requirements are
satisfied.

Other Recycling Grant Funding in Missouri

Missouri SWIFR State Grant Fact Sheet

Boonslick Regional Planning Commission SWIFR Communities Grant Fact Sheet

EPA 30-F-24-005-PP

Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program

April 2024


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