SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has announced the tenth grant cycle of the Front Range Waste Diversion program. The grant funding will support Front Range projects on recycling and reuse.

The grant offers total funding of $500,000 in support of short-term small-scale projects. The program has so far awarded nearly $18 million to as many as 47 recipients since its inception in 2020.

Eligible applicants for the grant include municipal, county, and Tribal governments, educational institutions, as well as nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The projects, capable of diverting waste from Colorado landfills, must have direct impact on at least one of the Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo, Teller, or Weld counties.

The applicants are required to attend at least one of four virtual question-and-answer sessions to be eligible to apply for the grant. Only such applicants will have access to the application portal.

Suzanne Jones, chair of the Front Range Waste Diversion Board of Directors stated that the grants are not just financial support, but they are catalysts for real change that will help transform waste challenges into community-driven solutions.