2011-424 Solid Waste - NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources - Grant Contract

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Attachment B DENR Contract 4119 g C 2011 Communi ty Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants FPAY$UTION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS exnoN N.C.Department of Environment and Natural Resources Divisi on of Environmental Assistance and Outreach The purpose of this grant program is to assist local governments in expanding,improving and implementing waste reduction and recycling programs in North Carolina. The Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach(DEAO)administers the Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant program through the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. With the release of this Request for Proposals,DEAO is seeking proposals for the funding of equipment and other items that help initiate or expand public waste reduction programs within the state. Applicants should carefully read this entire RFP prior to submitting a proposal. Proposals must be received by DEAO by 5:00 p.m.on Friday,March 18,2011. Please address any questions to Rob Taylor at (919)715-6528,rob.taylor @ncdenr gov. Proiect Parameters and Ideas: The 2011 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant Program seeks to fund projects that help communities build lasting capacity to divert materials from the waste stream and/or that increase public awareness of waste reduction and recycling. Projects that address the following are strongly encouraged, though any project increasing waste reduction will be entertained: • Projects that demonstrate a potential to significantly increase a community's overall diversion of materials from the solid waste stream; • Projects that improve recycling program efficiency while increasing waste reduction; • Projects that implement or expand public school recycling programs; • Projects intended to increase the diversion of materials that are banned from disposal in North Carolina such as plastic bottles,used oil filters,or wooden pallets; • Projects that facilitate away-from-home recycling efforts such as pedestrian recycling or recycling at public facilities such as parks or public venues; • Projects that implement or expand recycling service to government buildings or underserved community sectors such as multifamily housing units or businesses; • Projects that implement or expand construction and demolition recycling programs in general or asphalt shingle recycling programs in particular; • Projects that implement or expand food waste recycling programs; • Projects that implement or expand electronics recycling programs in response to the impending disposal ban on these items that becomes effective on July 1,2011. A county seeking grant funds related to electronics recycling must include information in its proposal on whether the county was eligible for funds distributed from the State's Electronics Management Program in 2011. If a county was eligible for funds during the 2011 distribution, the grant proposal must speck how those funds will be spent. If a county did not make itself eligible for the 2011 distribution, then it will be required to update its comprehensive solid waste management plan and make itself eligible for Electronics Management Program funding on or before December 31,2011 as a precondition of receipt of Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant funds. Projects in the above list that are indicated by this symbol(*)will be eligible for bonus points as outlined in the scoring criteria section. Please contact Rob Taylor at(919)715-6528 for more information or to discuss your project ideas. 1