The Environmental Center鈥檚 Rethink Waste Project has been awarded the highly competitive Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Materials Management grant for its Reuse Bend initiative, with the maximum amount of $125,000 awarded, to implement the project over the next two years.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality awarded $1.2 million in Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine grant funds to 14 recipients in 11 counties across Oregon that stood out for their vision, creativity, and potential to make a meaningful difference in waste prevention. DEQ received 110 applications from across the state in which applicants demonstrated innovation, dedication, and community impact in their project proposals.
鈥淭he grant program supports statewide efforts to reduce the environmental and human health impacts of materials at all stages of their lifecycle,鈥� said DEQ Grants Coordinator Haley Miller. 鈥淎fter a pause in 2020, our team has been hard at work reigniting a program that can more effectively invest in community solutions to the environmental, social and health impacts created by production, consumption, use and disposal of materials.鈥�