FOA-Sustainable
Waste Management Practices; May 1, 2021
Agency
Environmental
Research & Education Foundation
Description
The
Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) provides funding and
directs scientific research and educational initiatives related to waste
management practices for the benefit of industry participants and the
communities they serve.
To
that end, EREF welcomes applications for projects and research related to
sustainable solid waste management practices. The following topic areas will be
considered for grants: waste minimization; recycling; waste conversion to
energy, biofuels, chemicals, or other useful products (including
waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, composting, and other thermal or
biological conversion technologies); strategies to promote diversion to higher
and better uses (e.g., organics diversion, market analysis, optimized material
management, logistics, etc.); and landfilling.
Previously
awarded grants have ranged from $15,000 to more $500,000, with the average
grant amount in recent years averaging $160,000 over an average of two years.
EREF
defines solid waste to include municipal solid waste (e.g., residential,
commercial, institutional); construction and demolition debris; certain
industrial wastes (e.g., exploration and production waste, coal ash); and other
wastes typically managed by the solid waste industry or generated by the public
not included in the above items (e.g., electronic waste, disaster debris, et
cetera).
Closing
Date:
May
1, 2021 (Pre-Proposals)
Link
to Full Announcement:
https://erefdn.org/research-grants-projects/how-to-apply-for-grant/
Contact
Information: