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Solid Waste & Recycling 

DEC Grant Program Now Open: Household Hazardous Waste

Grant funding will be available to assist municipalities in New York State with costs of household hazardous waste (HHW) collection and disposal. Grants are offered to match eligible costs of HHW collection events or construction of permanent HHW collection facilities to provide a safe alternative for recycling or disposing household hazardous materials.

State funding will reimburse up to 50 percent of the costs of municipal HHW collection programs. DEC will be accepting applications only during January and February of 2020 for projects that were completed during January - December 2019. During the application period, applicants must initiate a proposal in the New York State Grants Gateway.

Applications must be submitted in the Grants Gateway no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2020. DEC will review complete applications and, if acceptable, will approve them for funding.

Learn more about DEC's Household Hazardous Waste Assistance Grants Program.

NYS Organics Summit2020 NYS Organics Summit

The 6th annual NYS Organics Summit will take place April 7 - 8, 2020 at the Albany Capital Center in Albany, NY. This year's theme, Food as a Resource - Expanding Opportunities, will focus primarily on the management of wasted food and food scraps with the newly passed Food Donation & Food Scraps Recycling Law being a major driver for change in New York State in the coming years.

Summit highlights include:

  • Food Donation & Food Scraps Recycling Law - what's coming?
  • Strengthening compost markets
  • Learning how to expand yard waste composting facilities to process food scraps
  • Depackagers and their role moving forward
  • Developing food scraps drop off programs
  • Tackling wasted food 

Upcoming Events

Conferences, Workshops & Webinars

Funding Opportunities - Application Deadlines

We Want To Hear From You!

Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about or a public event or workshop related to recycling (organics, textiles, traditional recyclables, etc.) you'd like the greater community to know more about? E-mail us at organicrecycling@dec.ny.gov and it could be featured in an upcoming Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter.