Number
071484
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution relating to application for, and acceptance and funding of, a US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation Challenge Grant.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works - Operations to apply for, accept and fund a Resource Conservation Challenge Grant titled “Recycling with a Personal Touch.” The purpose of this grant is to test the effectiveness of recycling education and outreach delivered through personal contact to motivate a change in recycling behavior that generates greater recycling participation. The total project cost is $43,500, of which 100% will be provided by the grantor with no match funds required by the City. The program will include the following components:
1. Target low-compliance recycling routes and initiate recycling education and outreach delivered through three different methods of personal contact including block captain system, neighborhood school and a community group door-to-door campaign.
2. Quantify the impact of the education and outreach on recycling rates through pre- and post-personal contact method measuring of set-out rates on targeted low-compliance routes.
3. Rank the effectiveness of each method of personal contact to help determine future education and outreach activities.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for a Resource Conservation Challenge Grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency; and
Whereas, The Department of Public Works-Operations Division (Sanitation Section) would use this grant to conduct a recycling education and outreach project; and
Whereas, This project would include the following components:
1. Target low-compliance recycling routes and initiate recycling education and outreach delivered through three different methods of personal contact including block captain system, neighborhood school and a community group door-to-door campaign.
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