slash waste emissions through federal climate pollution reduction grant program

Industrious Labs and RMI have published a new resource: Priority Climate Action Plan Guide:Organic Waste & Landfill Methane Strategies, created to support states, MSAs, Tribes and territories in achieving at-scale emissions reductions and community benefits through incorporating waste and landfill methane emissions reduction strategies, as these governments write their required Priority Climate Action Plan for the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG).  Now, planning grant recipients have until Spring 2024 to submit a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) to the EPA in order to compete for implementation funding.

Including organic waste and landfill methane strategies in the PCAP fulfills the multiple goals of the CPRG program: to achieve significant cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions by 2030 and beyond, bring substantial community benefits, particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities, and scale up innovative approaches across jurisdictions. Strategies to reduce organic waste disposal and strengthen landfill methane controls are technically feasible, readily available, and cost-effective. Furthermore, the waste and materials management sector received less dedicated IRA funding than other sectors, making the CPRG program a powerful and complementary opportunity for methane reductions.

You can contact Ellie Garland - egarland@rmi.org or Katherine Blauvelt, katherine@industriouslabs.org if you are interested in learning more about how to incorporate waste emissions reduction strategies in this IRA opportunity or the CPRG implementation grants.