Informative Websites
Sustainable Products for Green Living
As a wise Waste Warrior once said:
“A first question for yourself before you acquire anything… Do I really need it…is it necessary, is there a substitute, is it sustainably made & produced?”
Eco-friendly, plastic reducing products
Green Life Trading Co: Low Waste Sustainable Shopping
LastObject | Zero Waste Store of Reusable Everyday Products
Litterless – Find local zero waste resources
Toxin-free Household and Wellness Products
Well Earth Goods – Free Shipping, No Plastic, No Waste
Upcycled Food: Creating new, high quality products from surplus food
Zero Waste Products and Packaging
Zero Waste Store – Eco-safe swaps to spruce up your home and sustain the planet
Give Back Box (pudoin-c.com): Free Amazon program to donate textiles
Neither websites nor products sold on them are in anyway endorsed or supported by the LRSWMD.
Community Clean Up Grant
PURPOSE OF GRANT:
LRSWMD is offering a funding opportunity for District member towns. The Community Clean Up grant is being offered in the amount up to $500 to offset disposal costs associated with illegal dumping in member towns.
USE OF GRANT FUNDS:
Grant funds may only be used by member communities and its residents to address disposal costs associated with illegal dumping. Grant funds may NOT be used to pay regular trash and recycling fees of on-going operations within the community or to subsidize the salary of municipal employees for participating in a grant funded project or to pay for Green Up Day activities. Grant funds are allocated to cover fees at an LRSWMD facility.
APPLICATION:
Please complete the application form below to be considered for funding. The LRSWMD Board of Supervisors will review applications at regularly scheduled meetings held the second Tuesday of each month (except for March and April). Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis.