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Pollution Prevention (P2)
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Grant Programs for Pollution Prevention

P2 EJ Grants Informational Webinars

  • March 28, 2023, 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET
  • March 30, 2023, 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET
On this page: 
  • Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Programs
    • Pollution Prevention Grant
    • Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Pollution Prevention Grant
    • Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice in Communities 
      • Now Accepting Applications till June 6th! 
    • Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products
      • Now Accepting Applications till June 20th!
    • Source Reduction Assistance Grant
  • P2 and SRA Grants Get Results
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  • P2 National Emphasis Areas
  • Grant Reporting
  • Grant Summaries
  • Past Funding Opportunities

Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Programs

Pollution Prevention (P2) grants provide technical assistance to businesses in order to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices (also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. 

In keeping with the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, EPA uses these grants to encourage P2 because implementing these approaches can result in reductions in toxic pollutants, the use of water, energy and other raw materials, while also lowering business costs. P2 grants are awarded to states, state entities (colleges and universities recognized as instrumentalities of the state), the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., and federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia.

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EPA’s Pollution Prevention program currently offers five grant programs:

Type of Grant Funding Amounts Cycle Match Requirement Eligible Entities Description
Pollution Prevention Grant $9.38 million 2 years 50%1 States and Tribes2 For states and Tribes to provide businesses with technical assistance to help them develop and adopt P2 practices. 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Pollution Prevention Grant

$13.9 million 2 years None States and Tribes2

Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, grants for states and Tribes to provide business with technical assistance to help them develop and adopt P2 practices.  

Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice in Communities

Now Accepting Applications till June 6th!

≈ $8 million 2 years None States and Tribes2 For state and tribal programs to provide P2 technical assistance to businesses to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities.

Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products

Now Accepting Applications till June 20th!

≈ $8 million 2 years None States and Tribes2 For state and tribal programs to provide P2 technical assistance to businesses to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities by increasing the supply, demand, and use of safer and more sustainable products, such as those certified by the EPA's Safer Choice label or those that conform to the EPA's Recommendations for Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (EPA Recommendations).
Source Reduction Assistance Grant  $1.135 million 2 years 5% States, Tribes, local governments, and non-profits3 Fund projects that support research, education and/or training of innovative source reduction techniques. 

1 Federally-recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia that receive a P2 grant award and place the approved workplan into a performance partnership grant (PPG) will have their cost share/match requirement reduced from fifty percent to zero.
2 States, state entities (colleges and universities recognized as instrumentalities of the state), the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., and federally recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia.
3 States, local, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities, federally recognized Tribes, inter-tribal consortia and non-profit organizations formed under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby). 

P2 and SRA Grants Get Results

Between 2011-2021, the EPA’s P2 Program issued 504 assistance grants for $54.1 million, which helped American businesses identify, develop, and adopt P2 approaches resulting in the following benefits (calculated over a 4-year rolling period to account for the reoccurring benefits the P2 actions provide):

2.2 billion dollars savings, 917 mil lbs hazardous material, 49 billions gallons water, 19.8 million metric tons GHGs, 30.4 billion kWh

View a summary of P2 and SRA grant results from 2008-2021.

  • 2008 ‐ 2021 Results for Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants and Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grants (pdf) (224.79 KB)
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Last updated on March 23, 2023
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