Recycling Grants for Colleges & Universities

The grant application period for the 2024-2025 Collegiate Recycling Grant is now CLOSED. The grant application period for the 2025-2026 Collegiate Recycling Grant will open March 2025.

The Collegiate Recycling Grant is a competitive grant program that allocates grant funds to South Carolina public and private colleges/universities for projects that promote sustainability through recycling, reuse, composting, and waste reduction. Funding for this program is made possible through the South Carolina Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling (Office). These are classified as state fee funds.

NOTE: This offering does not commit SCDES to award a grant, to pay any cost incurred in the preparation of the application, or to procure or contract for articles of goods or services. SCDES reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications received as a result of this offering, or to cancel in part or in its entirety this offering if it is in the best interest of the State to do so.