Collection Event Grants
Collection Event Grants support Oklahoma communities’ electronic-waste collection events, often alongside other household wastes, to help prevent solid waste pollution that threatens health or the environment.
Funder: Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Applications open) | February 28, 2027 (FY2028 application deadline) | June 30, 2028 (Agreement expiration) | August 31, 2028 (Final invoices)
Funding Amounts: Typically $1,000–$50,000, reimbursed for work in Fiscal Year 2028 (July 1, 2027–June 30, 2028)
Summary: Supports electronic-waste collection events in Oklahoma, often alongside collection of other household and community wastes.
Key Information: Electronics must be handled by an R2- or e-Steward-certified recycler.
Description
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) offers Collection Event Grants to support a single electronic-waste collection event or a series of discrete events. Events typically also collect household hazardous waste, tires, unwanted residential pharmaceuticals, scrap metal, and medical sharps. The program supports DEQ’s responsibility to prevent, control, and abate solid waste pollution that threatens human health or the environment.
These grants form part of DEQ’s work to administer the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act. Funded events must use certified electronics recyclers and coordinate pharmaceutical collection with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics or the local Environmental Officer. Event documentation records what was collected through photographs, descriptions, and waste-type and quantity data.
