Resource Recycling highlights recent industry-related grant awards and opportunities, as well as requests for proposals (RFPs). If your company or organization has a funding opportunity or RFP to share, contact [email protected] to be included here.
May 18, 2026: The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is accepting applications through June 26, 2026, for up to $100,000 in funding for recycling and HHW collection and disposal from the agency’s Community Recycling Grant Program.
RFP May 15, 2026: The City of Bellingham, Washington, is requesting proposals from qualified firms to partner with the city for the surplus sales of the city-owned electronic devices and equipment.
May 11, 2026: The Glass Recycling Foundation is accepting applications for grants for supply-chain/end-market demonstration and public education projects through July 10.
RFP May 7, 2026: The Maine Beverage Redemption Group issued an RFP for implementing an operations plan to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the state’s deposit return system, due by June 5.
RFP May 6, 2026: Orange County, Florida announces a Pre-Solicitation Market Sounding Event to provide project updates and obtain additional industry feedback on its plans for an RFP for long-term single-stream recyclables processing.
April 17, 2026: PMMI is establishing the PACK gives BACK Charitable Foundation, backed by an initial $6 million investment from PMMI’s reserve fund.
April 15, 2026: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is accepting applications for its 2026 Reduce, Reuse, Repair Micro-Grant Program.
March 24, 2026: The Oregon DEQ is accepting applications for $2 million in grant funding from its Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Grant program, through April 30.
March 23, 2026: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is offering about $250,000 in grant funding to help the state’s entities reuse materials to reduce waste and reduce toxic chemicals in hair products, through April 28.
March 11, 2026: The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s Foam Recycling Coalition is accepting applications for grants of up to $50,000 to expand EPS foam recycling, through April 17.
Feb. 9, 2026: The US EPA awarded $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants to 25 applicants in communities across the United States, to help recruit, train and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at Brownfield sites.
Feb. 2, 2026: eBay Circular Fashion Fund is accepting applications through March 8 from businesses and startups developing solutions to extend the life of clothing and reduce textile waste, for eight $50,000 grants and one additional $300,000 award.
Jan. 26, 2026: Grocery chain Meijer is testing Tomra‘s new large-capacity bottle return machines at two locations in Michigan, through a grant from the state’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
Jan. 19, 2026: The Indiana Department of Environmental Management awarded $500,000 in Community Recycling Grants to 12 applicants.
Jan. 19, 2026: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting applications for $10 million in composting infrastructure grants through April 15.
Jan. 12, 2026: The US Department of Energy awarded Texas-based mining company AMERMIN an $11.5 million grant to scale its tungsten carbide recycling process.
Jan. 12, 2026: Blue Whale Materials was awarded a $55 million grant from the US DOE to expand its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Oklahoma.