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Grant Funding

 Specific resources needed for illegal dumping prevention programs include
  • Funding from grants, private donations, operating budgets, special appropriations, and fees assessed on waste management operations
  • Services such as landfilling, shredding, hauling, and training
  • Equipment such as cameras, radios, vehicles, and heavy machinery
  • Supplies such as dumpsters, bags, and tools as well as educational and training materials
  • Human Resources, including personnel to conduct cleanup, enforcement, surveillance, inspection, and outreach activities

All these resources are locally available in some form. Obtaining necessary resources for a new or expanded program requires research, creativity, and persistence. Cooperation and communication among the various parties involved are important not only to avoid duplication of effort but also to effectively identify, access, and contribute resources. Certain partners may be eligible or better suited to provide resources than others. For example,

  • A community group may be able to apply for a grant for which a local government is ineligible
  • A civic organization may be better suited to approach a potential industry partner for assistance and cooperation than an enforcement agency
  • A local government official may have a special contact within a local or state agency who can provide a quicker response than a resident could obtain through a general inquiry

Many different types of resources have been applied in innovative ways to implement illegal dumping prevention programs. Grant funding resources are presented below. Both the table and the "toolkit" present examples of how illegal dumping prevention programs have been able to access needed funding and other resources. The EPA documents cited throughout this guidebook as well as other EPA publications can be ordered by telephone at (800) 490-9198 or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/.

Return to Top of PageGrant Funding

Grant funding is available from county, state and federal environmental agencies as well as private foundations, typically in the form of environmental education, special project, or demonstration funding. Information on grant resources is available on the Internet, which may be accessed at most public libraries and schools. Helpful web sites include the following: