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Community Recycling and Litter Prevention Grant

Newspaper recycling drop offThe Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention offers the Community Recycling and Litter Prevention Grant to counties, solid waste districts, and large-population cities to implement programs aimed at solid waste reduction, recycling, recycling market development and litter prevention.

The Grants are divided into the following categories:

  • Buy Recycled - for the purchase of durable products containing a minimum of 20% recycled-content material for use in public facilities.
  • Recycling and Source Reduction - to support recycling and source reduction for various residential, public facility and commercial recycling activities.
  • Material Recovery Facility (MRF) - to offset MRF development and operation costs.
  • Litter Collection - to clean litter from highway right-of-ways, parks, waterways, or other publicly-owned areas.
  • Community Outreach - to promote an understanding of recycling, litter prevention, and source reduction within the community through education and public awareness campaigns.

CASE STUDY: Butler County

Butler County has successfully delivered a range of activities under Ohio’s grant system, with the following accomplishments.

Drop-off containers

Recycling and Source Reduction:

  • Provided four recycling drop-off facilities for over 3,200 residents.
  • Collected more than 1.5 tons of recyclables through curbside recycling programs.
  • Reached an overall recycling rate of 46%.
Recycled plastic bench

Buy Recycled:

  • Facilitated the purchase of almost $13,000 worth of recycled-content products, including public park benches and picnic tables.
Collecting litter at river bank

Litter Collection:

  • Cleaned up 220 miles of highways and roadways in the county.
  • Facilitated 12 other special litter collection events.
  • Collected a total of 13 tons of litter, 1 ton of which was recycled.
Classroom presentation

Community Outreach:

  • Delivered 359 classroom presentations to over 8,000 students in Butler County, and entertained almost 15,000 students with educational activities such as poster contests and science fairs.
  • Staffed four special events, providing recycling and litter prevention information to over 5,000 residents.

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