Clean Sweep Grants

Clean Sweep Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Last Updated: February 26, 2026

Summary

The Clean Sweep Grants program, managed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, provides funding to municipalities and Tribes for the safe disposal of household hazardous waste, agricultural pesticides, and prescription drugs. With a total budget of $1 million, it allocates funds specifically for household hazardous waste, agriculture, and unwanted prescription drug collections. Eligible applicants can receive reimbursements for various related costs, promoting safer community practices throughout Wisconsin.

Overview

NOTE: First Time Applicants​- You will first need to make a MyWisconsin ID account to access DATCP's AccessGov material. The following link will guide you through the ​process for registration. To create the MyWisconsin ID account, navigate here and click the "Sign-Up" link. Program Information​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The Wisconsin Clean Sweep is a grant program available to governmental entities and Tribes throughout Wisconsin that provides reimbursement to these entities for the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste, agriculture pesticides, and prescription drugs. Businesses that generate very small quantities of hazardous waste may also have the opportunity to use these collections. Collections may be one-day events or may be year-round sites-this all varies from entity to entity. Funding Clean Sweep is given $1 million to divide amongst the Household Hazardous Waste program, Agriculture, and Unwanted Prescription Drug collection. The Household Hazardous Waste program is allocated $775,000, Agriculture is allocated $175,000, and the Unwanted Prescription Drug collection is allocated $50,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligible applicants are municipalities such as a city, town, village, county, tribal nation, regional planning commission or metropolitan sewerage district, or an association of two or more municipalities or tribes.Eligible costs include:Hiring a contractor to receive, evaluate, pack (e.g. drums and sorbent, labor), transport and dispose of chemical waste.Direct costs for equipment rentals, supplies and services used to operate the collection site and handle collected chemical waste.Signs, supplies, refreshments for worker, staff or volunteers at the collection.Promotional material development and distribution (printing, mailing).Staff labor costs associated with project administration (e.g. training, meeting attendance, report preparation). Fringe benefit may be calculated into the hourly rate.Direct costs for staff to receive and pack chemical waste at continuous collection events. Note: Staff costs associated with permanent or continuous collection programs may be reimbursed or used for match. Temporary programs may claim staff time as match, but may not be reimbursed for the expenses.Staff costs or professional services can also be used as match. Base the value on normal salary. Fringe costs can be included.Volunteer hours can be used as match.

Ineligibility

Ineligible Reimbursable Costs include:Facility lease or rental. Use cost as match.Capital purchases (cameras, scales, alarms, testing equipment, storage sheds), or the utility bills to power the site. These costs can be used as match.Overtime: Because Saturday is viewed as a “normal” working day for all clean sweeps, municipal overtime reimbursement will not be authorized for Saturday work. Contracted labor rates will apply on Saturdays.