| Entity |
Project |
Description |
Amount |
| Robert Williams |
Waste Diversion Education and Implementation |
Funds are requested for the purchase of a used truck, truck wrap and metal bins for the collection of recyclable materials. Target audience is factories and industrial businesses. |
$49,000 |
| Midwest Recycling Center (MRC) |
Box Truck for Optimization of Services |
Funds are requested for the purchase of a truck and truck wrap for the purpose of collecting electronic waste for recycling. |
$39,580 |
| Rick Caplan |
INVESTT - Environmental Education |
Funds are requested to support a financial literacy course focusing on reuse. Four local high schools have already committed to participate. |
$10,013 |
| Kansas City Public School District |
Waste Reduction & Reuse in Lincoln Cafeterias |
Funds are requested to purchase durable food trays to replace the styrofoam trays currently being used at Lincoln Middle and High School. |
$10,106 |
| Bridging The Gap |
Business Recycling Program |
Funds are requested to pay for Bridging The Gap's consulting work on new recycling and composting programs at 15 businesses and multifamily properties. |
$86,352 |
| Product Stewardship Institute |
Developing a Statewide Leftover Medicine Stewardship Strategy |
Funds are requested to hold a stakeholder summit on pharmaceuticals that would establish next steps toward a statewide pharmaceutical stewardship solution. |
$39,873 |
| COAM |
COAM Workshop |
Funds are requested to hold a workshop in Kansas City on composting practices and markets. |
$5,000 |
| Hispanic Economic Development Corp. |
Minimal-Waste Initiative |
Funds are requested to develop a waste reduction program at the offices of the Hispanic Economic Development Corp., including washer and dryer appliances and reusable kitchen and meeting items. |
$7,842 |
| KC Can Compost |
Education and Marketing Campaign 2020 |
Funds are requested to support the salary of a marketing manager as well as graphic work and signage for the new composting service launched in 2019. |
$35,614 |
| ScrapsKC |
Textile Waste Diversion |
Funds are requested to support the salary of a textiles manager and some tools to handle the increased textile material diverted for reuse. |
$35,253 |
| Kanbe's Markets |
Food Waste Alliance |
Funds will support coordination of local food rescue and composting operations. |
$40,000 |
| Midwest Recycling Center (MRC) |
Purchase of Shred Truck |
MRC will purchase a truck to transport a hard drive shredder for use at electronics recycling events. |
$22,476 |
| City of Riverside |
Recycling Sculpture/ Education |
Educational program on plastics recycling with sculpture in public park. |
$7,500 |
| City of Belton |
Community Recycling Survey |
The city will conduct a survey to help determine next steps for the city's recycling program. |
$14,480 |
| Franciscan Mission Warehouse (FMW) |
Durable Medical Equipment |
Funds will be used to expand awareness at hospitals about FMW durable medical equipment donation program. |
$27,400 |
| NE Chamber of Commerce |
Recycling Expansion |
Expansion of existing public recycling program along Independence Avenue. |
$10,923 |
| Total Approved Open Call Grant Projects |
$441,412 |
