Every two years the Texas Legislature meets and sets the budget for the upcoming biennium. The budget includes money collected as a tipping fee at landfills throughout the state and designated to fund solid waste management programs in Texas. H-GAC receives a portion of this money, as pass-through funding from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, to fund Solid Waste Implementation grant projects throughout the 13-county region on an annual basis.
Grants have already been selected for FY12 and FY13. The next call for grant applications is currently expected to occur in the spring of 2013, although it is subject to change.
Who is Eligible?*
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Cities
Counties
Public School Districts
Councils of Governments (COGs)
Certain general and special law districts
(those with water quality protection or solid waste management authority and responsibility)
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Only those in H-GAC’s thirteen-county Gulf Coast Planning region are eligible. Non-profit organizations and private companies are not directly eligible, but may be subcontracted by eligible public entities.
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Examples of Projects
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Community Cleanup Event
Construction and Demolition Waste Processing and Reuse Facility
Construction of Recycling Facility
Curbside Recycling Startup
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
Local Enforcement Officer
Local Environmental Enforcement Program
Organics Management
Permanent Drop-off Recycling Center
Permanent Used Electronics Collection Center & Voucher Program Development
Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center & Voucher Development
Public Education and Outreach
Purchase of Environmental Enforcement Vehicle and Equipment
Purchase of Recycling Equipment
Reinvestment in Existing Recycling Drop-off Centers, Signage and Equipment
School Recycling Education
Storm Debris Plan
Upgrade of Recycling Equipment
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| Solid Waste Grants to date (PDF) 119 |
Grant Notification List
Please send an e-mail if you would like to be added to the grant notification list for FY12/13:
hilde.leitenbacher@h-gac.com