CRRA 2022 Conference & Tradeshow

Acting Director

In 2021, U.S. EPA announced the first National Recycling Strategy with a focus on environmental justice and detailed actions to:

• Improve Markets
• Increase Collection and Improve Materials Management Infrastructure
• Reduce Contamination
• Enhance Policies and Programs, and
• Standardize Measurement and Increase Data Collections
   
  This session will provide information about the federal government’s largest investment ever through new EPA grant programs:
• Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants to States, Tribes and Territories ($55 million/year through FY22-26)
• Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grants ($15 million/year FY 22-26) funding opportunities for states, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, and public-private partnerships
• Pollution Prevention Grants to States, Tribes, and Territories ($20 million/year FY22-26)
• Battery Recycling Best Practices and Labeling Guidelines ($35 million/not grants)

Information on the federal and EPA focus on funding underserved communities to advance environmental justice will be covered.

The presentation will share key links to information on grant solicitations and National Recycling and Circular Economy Strategy implementation.

Environmental Officer

Tired of the same boring purchases with Beverage Container Recycling City Payment Program and Used Oil Payment Program funds? Looking to purchase more than just recycling containers or used oil filters? In 2021 and 2022, the City of Oceanside utilized payment program funds to purchase water refills stations for parks, community facilities, and beach and harbor locations throughout the Oceanside community. But wait-there’s more! This Payment Programs don’t just support zero waste, but other City initiatives as well. Staff partnered with numerous City departments such as Parks, Maintenance, the Oceanside Harbor, Neighborhood Services, and the Water Conservation program to select site-specific infrastructure and meet the needs of the community.  Tune in to learn how the team’s vision came to be, and how you can utilize YOUR city’s payment program funds better, and how funding mechanisms from CalRecycle can be restructured to meet the modern and ever changing needs of the communities the funds benefit.

Branch Chief, Financial Resources Management Branch

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Section Manager

CalRecycle is paving the way for the next innovation boom in California by investing in a truly circular economy. With recent allocations totaling $270 million dollars, CalRecycle is investing in local government efforts and California businesses that are reducing climate and trash pollution through recycling organic waste into compost and biofuel, reducing food waste by donating unspoiled food from grocers and restaurants to hungry Californians, and recycling glass, plastic, and other materials into new products. These grants and loans create new, permanent, green collar jobs for Californians and benefit communities that are disproportionately harmed by pollution. Learn about CalRecycle’s grants and loans and help us build a circular economy that benefits all Californians.