NRC Receives Environmental Trust Grant The Lincoln-based Nebraska Recycling Council (NRC) has received two grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust in the amounts of $290,016 for the Recycling Equip- ment Grants and Consultation project and $145,900 for the Feedlot Composting Planning project. The projects are two of the 118 projects receiving $20 million in grant awards from the Nebraska Environmental Trust in 2020. Of these, 73 were new applications and 45 are carry-over projects.
Grant Funding NRC’s objectives for this grant cycle are to:
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• provide grant funding to communities and private en- tities across the state of Nebraska for purchasing recycling equipment that will improve recycling and composting programs and increase waste diversion from landfills; • gather information from and provide consultation to communities and service providers that will improve re- cycling capacity in their region through public/private partnerships; • facilitate partnerships that will increase volumes col- lected and improve economic outcomes of rural recycling programs by pooling resources; and • expand NRC’s geographical representation of Advisory Council to help provide perspectives on resource recovery strategies for Nebraska.
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