{"id":34034,"date":"2026-10-29T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=34034"},"modified":"2026-10-29T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:59:22","slug":"rcp-grants","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/rcp-grants","title":{"rendered":"Education and Outreach for Residential Composting Programs Grants (RCP Grants)"},"template":"","migration":[],"article_type":[134],"initiatives":[15],"topics":[42],"impact_areas":[],"authors":[598],"class_list":["post-34034","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-community-composting","authors-jordan-ashby"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":34043,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"display_case_study_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","locality":"","state":"","topics":[42],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"The RCP Grants will support community-informed social marketing campaigns and localized behavior change efforts.","authors_tax":[598]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Led by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the <strong>Education and Outreach for Residential Composting Programs Grants (RCP Grants)<\/strong> will focus on increasing the collection and composting of residential food waste through community engagement. Grants range from $75,000 to $250,000.\r\n\r\nThe RCP Grants will support community-informed social marketing campaigns and localized behavior change efforts to increase participation and reduce contamination in residential curbside, drop-off, and on-site food waste collection and composting programs. Grant recipients will work toward achieving a 50% increase in participation and a 50% reduction in contamination by 2030.\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This project is one of three under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.endingwastedfood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ending Wasted Food Within a Generation (EWF) Program<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a coalition led by WWF alongside partners WRAP, the Ad Council, ReFED, the U.S. Composting Council, and ILSR.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">These projects aim to:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\r\n<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prevent household wasted food<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Expand non-agricultural compost markets <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Increase and improve residential food waste composting <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Visit <strong>grants.<\/strong><\/span><strong>endingwastedfood.org<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to learn more about the EWF Program and the RCP Grants\u2019 eligibility requirements and application process.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn :version-1 :size-1 :full-width-false\" role=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/grants.endingwastedfood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Program Website<\/a><\/p>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\">Esto <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\">project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\">assistance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\"> agreement 84114701 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\">to World<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121403719 BCX0\"> Wildlife Fund. 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