Promoting Environmental Awareness and Recycling (P.E.A.R.) Grant

Allowable Costs

• School-generated recycling and/or litter prevention projects: To encourage students to explore and engage in hands-on recycling, waste reduction, or litter prevention activities. Innovation and creativity are encouraged. (Example: Items needed to start or expand a school paper recycling program.)
• Construction costs of approved items: Only items such as compost bins, recycling collection/storage units, or other items approved as tools for recycling and/or litter prevention activities will be allowed. Each construction project will be reviewed and selection will be made on an individual basis.
• Educational resource materials: Includes resources that are necessary for furthering the education and awareness of students, faculty, or staff. These materials are restricted to items that promote recycling/litter prevention and include, but are not limited to, books, magazines, computer software, videos, etc.
• Field trips/school-wide educational assemblies: Monies are available for approved classroom field trips outside of school or for hosting assemblies or other learning activities for students in school. (Example: Field trip to a recycling center or fees associated with hosting a featured speaker for a school assembly.)
• Professional Development: Cost to train teachers in various recycling/litter prevention programs or to conduct other related education workshops, in-services, or field trips.
• Purchase of recycled content products: Content products – includes items to be placed around the school grounds such as plastic recycled benches, picnic tables, playground equipment, fences, trash/recycling collection containers, etc. Items must contain at least fifty percent (50%) post-consumer waste and be included as part of a school recycling-education program.
• Other: Includes costs to purchase, lease, or rent equipment or other items needed for approved recycling/litter prevention projects. Please check with the Solid Waste District’s Education Specialist if you have any questions about items not specifically listed under the allowable costs.
• Advertising and Printing: Costs to develop, produce, print, and/or place newspaper, billboard, radio, television, signage, or other forms of awareness for approved program activities (includes postage).
• Recycling Supplies – Tools and other supplies used specifically for implementing a qualified curbside recycling program; includes curbside collection containers and/or decals. Other – Other items needed for satisfactory completion of curbside recycling activities not specifically noted above shall be left to the discretion of the Grant Review Committee. 

Estimated Total Program Funding: