If your community and/or organization would like to be considered as a Recycling Cornucopia Project please complete this form (I/P). Plan to provide your name, the name of your organization and location. Briefly describe the Zero Waste challenge you are facing: a proposed incinerator, an existing incinerator, a proposed mega landfill, poor recycling, reuse and composting programs that need to be improved, how to access federal infrastructure investment funding, or developing a Zero Waste Plan and Implementation Schedule.
Ten communities were selected for the 2022-2023 Recycling Cornucopia Program including:
| State | Jurisdiction | Objectives |
|
MD |
Montgomery County | Close the Dickerson Incinerator |
|
MI |
Detroit | Prepare Zero Waste Plan, work with city to implement plan |
|
MN |
Minneapolis | Close the HERC incinerator |
|
NY |
Warren County | Direct marketing of materials to regional mills to earn mill prices and not pay processing fees to save rural counties money |
| Central Appalachia | Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky | Implementing Zero Waste businesses and programs throughout the region |