The Indiana Department of Environmental Management reminded businesses, schools and municipalities that you have until August 29th to apply for Pollution Prevention Grants. The grants are designed to help organizations implement prevention activities and processes. The "P2" grants require a 50% cash or in-kind match, but there are exceptions for MBE/WBE, small businesses and others. Matching grant funds of up to $250,000 are available.
Recent grants have been awarded for:
- Church Brothers Collision Repair (Marion County): Awarded $63,584 to convert four of their locations to use waterborne basecoat paint. This will replace the current paint that has a higher amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC), reducing VOC emissions into the air.
- The Muncie Sanitary District (Delaware County): Awarded $45,000 to purchase reusable bags and distribute them to local grocery stores. The grant will also go toward measuring the amount of plastic and paper saved through the reusable bag program.
- Nimet Industries, Inc. (St. Joseph County): Awarded $14,933 to install an electroless nickel dialysis machine in order to reduce the amount of waste that is produced from their metal finishing process.
- Harrison Steel Castings Company (Fountain County): Awarded $100,000 to reduce the amount of resin in their chemically bonded sand molds. This will reduce the amount of volatile organic compounds released into the air.
- Hill's Pet Nutrition Indiana, Inc. (Wayne County): Awarded $71,000 to install a water conservation system and reduce the facility’s wastewater discharge by millions of gallons.
- Frito-Lay, Inc. (Clinton County): Awarded $50,000 to design and install a waste heat recovery system that will significantly reduce energy consumption.
- Saint-Gobain Containers (Jay County): Awarded $30,000 to install and test an energy efficient compressed air system, used for the first time in the United States.
Go to www.idem.in.gov/prevention/p2grants for additional information.
