Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Carton Council offers grants to help K-12 schools in the U.S. and Canada establish, enhance or expand their carton recycling programs. This is your chance to enhance sustainability, reduce waste, and get your students involved!
The Carton Council School Recycling Grant Program is designed specifically to help schools in the U.S. and Canada establish, expand, or enhance school milk and juice carton recycling as part of schools’ overall recycling programs, with the objective of increasing awareness of school carton recycling and ultimately the number of cartons recovered in a community.
Funding Information
- The Carton Council provides grants of up to $5,000 to eligible and selected school recycling programs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Carton Council grants are open to any U.S. and Canadian public or private school ready to implement, expand, or enhance a school milk and juice carton recycling program and are located in a community where food and beverage cartons are accepted in the community recycling program.
- Schools must confirm they have access to carton recycling by contacting their local waste services provider and receive administrative approval for the initiative before applying.
Evaluation Criteria
- Programs targeting grades K-6 since more milk and juice cartons are generated in elementary schools than other educational institutions.
- Applicants that have existing recycling systems and want to add and/or grow the collection of cartons.
- Creativity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the proposed program to highlight and promote school carton recycling.
- Quality of the deliverables that the program will produce and the ability to share those deliverables with other school districts/boards.
- Demonstration of available matching funds.
- The number of students impacted versus the dollar amount requested.
For more information, visit Carton Council.
