Alabama Recycling Fund Grant

The Alabama Recycling Fund Grant, managed by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, supports local governments and nonprofits in enhancing or initiating recycling programs. This initiative promotes environmental stewardship by funding projects such as recycling bins, infrastructure, and educational outreach. Recent collaborations, like the Albertville-Boaz Recycling Authority, showcase successful partnerships aimed at increasing recycling efforts and community awareness. Eligible applicants include local governments and nonprofit organizations, ensuring comprehensive participation in sustainable practices.

Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alabama is blessed with a wealth and variety of natural resources which provide significant social, economic, and environmental benefits and opportunities for the citizens of Alabama. The mission at ADEM is to assure for all citizens of the State a safe, healthful, and productive environment.
Alabama Recycling Fund Grants promote local recycling efforts by providing reimbursement grants to local governments to develop, implement, and enhance recycling programs. ADEM has awarded 321 grants to local governments, municipalities, non-profits, and authorities. 37 million dollars have been awarded for infrastructure, personnel, professional services, education, and outreach.
Examples of what we fund:

• Recycling bins/containersRecycling storage/bunkersRecycling infrastructure/equipmentEducation & outreach materialsPersonnel
• Professional Services

Eligibility

Eligible applicants:Local governments – any municipality, county, or district or authority or any agency thereof which has responsibility for and the authority to assure the proper management of solid waste within its jurisdiction, including but not limited to, its collection, disposal, treatment or recycling.
Authorities – any quasi-governmental agency, board, or authority created by agreement on behalf of one local government or between two or more local governments for solid waste management or recycling purposes.
Nonprofit organizations – a corporation or association where no part of the income or profit of which is distributable to its members, directors, or officers, and is operated pursuant to the requirements of the Code of Alabama 1975, §§ 10-3A-1 to 10-3A-225.Examples of what we fund:Recycling bins/containers
Personnel
Professional ServicesAll recycling projects included in an application must be consistent with the description of current or planned recycling programs included in the approved local solid waste management plan, which must include a focus on recycling in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, §22-27-47(b)(4), of the appropriate local jurisdiction. Jurisdictions without an approved local solid waste management plan or without language in an approved solid waste management plan consistent with the grant application may be awarded conditional approval of the grant application pending the Department’s approval of a modification to an existing solid waste management plan or the approval of a new solid waste management plan for the jurisdiction.Where proposed recycling projects would not be consistent with the approved local plan, the application shall include measures to revise the local plan, as necessary. Such revisions must be completed prior to the Department’s approval of disbursement of grant funds for the proposed recycling projects.The costs associated with the revisions of local solid waste management plans as required by subparagraph (a) are eligible for inclusion in an application for grant funds.Only grant funds associated with the costs of amending the local solid waste management plan may be disbursed prior to departmental approval of the revised local solid waste management plan. The balance of grant funds in the award shall be disbursed in accordance with rule 335-13-10-.04 following final departmental approval of the revised local plan. Applications for proposed recycling projects that would be inconsistent with the recycling programs included in the existing local solid waste management plan or plans that do not include a proposal to amend the local plan(s) in accordance with subparagraph (a) shall be denied by the Department.Any amendments to the local solid waste management plan necessary to comply with subparagraph (5) shall apply only to the jurisdiction proposing the modifications and not to any other local jurisdictions included under the local solid waste management plan.