Hamilton County R3Source Impact Grant Webinar

Organization: Hamilton County R3source

About this event:

Hamilton County R3Source Impact Grant is a competitive grant program to help communities, schools, non-profit organizations, and private sector businesses fund programs that significantly reduce landfill waste in Hamilton County, Ohio. Applicants may receive up to $100,000 for their project and must provide a minimum 25% match. Examples of potential grant projects include:

Multi-family/Dorm Waste Reduction

• Reuse: a place where community members can put usable items they no longer need, like children’s clothes, furniture, and moving boxes, for another resident to take.
• Lending Room: place where community members can borrow items they don’t use often like vacuum cleaners, carpet cleaners, tools to put together furniture, etc.
• Food pantry: a place where food rescue organizations can deliver prepared food or for community members to share surplus food.
• Starting recycling or composting programs.

Surplus Food Redistribution: Equipment such as refrigeration, warehouse space, refrigerated trucks, and blast chillers to assist with redistribution of surplus, edible food to food insecure individuals.

Take-out Container Reuse: Equipment and supplies to facilitate reusable take-out containers and reusable cups for DORA districts.

Composting: collection and processing equipment for community compost programs, and compost bins for residents.

Difficult to Recycle Programs: equipment that addresses difficult to recycle materials, like shredders, bailers, and densifiers.

An informational webinar about the grant program, evaluation criteria, contractual obligations and reporting requirements will be offered on August 22, 2022 at 12 pm through the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88048467473?pwd=cG1qQ1NrdjRhUGtZQXBiNWZFOWpsUT09, Passcode: 566095 Webinar ID: 88048467473

More information can be found here.