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MassDEP adds drop-off options, raises food-waste cart per-household rate in Spring 2025 SMART grants
Summary
MassDEP expanded drop-off equipment categories for the Spring 2025 SMART grants, added a food-waste drop-off option, and increased the food-waste cart per-household funding rate to $25 (up from $20). Several drop-off equipment reimbursement caps were published.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection presenters outlined expansions and adjustments to the SMART Spring 2025 equipment grants, including a new drop-off food-waste equipment option and higher per-household funding for food-waste carts.
Becky Ferguson of the SMART team described two notable changes for curbside food-waste grants: MassDEP added an option to fund equipment for municipal food-waste drop-off sites (transfer stations or other municipal property) and increased the early-phase and expansion funding level to $25 per household (up from $20). "This is up from $20 per household in previous years," Ferguson said. She also said labels or stickers remain required but the per-household rate now includes their cost. The maximum award for the food-waste cart…
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