The CCRRA mini-grant provides reimbursement grant funding for projects that improve recycling education and collection of source-separated materials to be processed by CCRRA.
During this grant round, CCRRA awarded a total of $22,482.64 (see breakout below).
Congratulations to the 2025 Recycling Mini-Grant award recipients:
-- Sierra Club – Moshannon Group: Durable Reusable Grocery Bags with Recycling Education; $7,066.54
-- Centre Region Council Of Governments: Recycling Outreach Campaign for Off-Campus Students; $1,400.00
-- Penn State Office of Physical Plant/Sustainability/Sustainable Labs: Research Lab Plastic Recycling Pilot Project; $5,736.10
-- Borough of State College: Cardboard Recycling Container Replacement Project; $8,280.00
CCRRA plans to offer another Recycling Mini-Grant opportunity in 2026 and encourages projects that will increase the quantity and quality of recycling in and around Centre County.
Look for more information on our next grant round early next year.
Questions regarding the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority’s mini-grant program should be directed to Mimi Cooper, CCRRA Recycling Coordinator at mcooper@centrecountyrecycles.org or by phone at 814-238-7005.
Green Community Partnership
Are you a Centre County business, institution, organization, community or school that has an outstanding recycling, waste reduction or sustainability program?
If so, you deserve to be recognized!
Complete our online application by January 31.
We Want Your Input!
Please take our quick two-question survey to help us improve our recycling program!
As a thank-you, you’ll be entered into our monthly drawing to win a gift card from a local business.
Whether you currently recycle or not, your feedback is valuable!
Click Here to take the survey.
Fall Newsletter
Click Here for the Fall Centre County Recycles Newsletter.
Visit the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority website for more information on recycling and safe waste disposal in Centre County.
Related Articles This Week:
-- Westmoreland County Volunteer Mark Nobile Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN]
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Awards Recycling Mini-Grants [PaEN]
-- The Mercury: DEP To Hold Dec. 10 Public Meeting On Boyertown Landfill Hazardous Site In Montgomery County [Click Here for DEP webpage.]
-- Farmers, Pesticide Applicators, Pesticide Businesses Can Sign Up To Schedule Disposal Of Unwanted Pesticides In 19 Counties Through The CHEMSWEEP Program [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Community Trash Disposal Sites Coming To Southwest Philadelphia
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Mulls Ban On Waste Transfer Stations Near Homes
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Your Small Choices Matter - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Landfills Take Shale Gas Drilling Waste, But Don’t Track Or Test Much Of It [PA Info Included]
[Posted: December 6, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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