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Litter Prevention Grant
Application Open: October 1
Submission Deadline: December 15
Award Announced: January 29
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
All litter control organizations, government departments, government organizations, non-profit organizations in South Carolina are eligible to apply for these funds.
LEVELS OF FUNDING:
The Litter Prevention Grant is a competitive grant that provides organizations up to $10,000 to develop successful anti-litter programs and enforcement activities at the local level.
Eligible grant activities may include any combination of the following:
- Community involvement cleanups and awareness campaigns
- Illegal dumpsite remediation and removal
- Adopt-A-Highway/Court Ordered Community Cleanup Programs
- Equipment Needed for Litter Enforcement
- Tarp campaigns
- Litter grabbers and heavy duty or OSHA materials for litter removal
- CPTED Projects (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) such as public art project, lighting, litter cleanup
- Trash Cans
Donated Items: Supplies needed for litter pickup events: Bags, Gloves, Safety Vests
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORT FORMS
- Zero Tolerance for Litter Campaign – May 15
- Quarterly Ticketing – April 15, August 15, November 15, December 31
- Mid-Year Progress – June 30
- Final Summary and Expenditures – December 31
ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REPORT FORMS
- Great American Cleanup – December 31 (updated extension)
- Mid-Year Progress – June 30
- Final Summary and Expenditures – December 31
2020 Grant Winners
| County | Organization | Award |
| Aiken | Aiken County Code Enforcement | $ 4,506.00 |
| Aiken | Aiken County Government, Adopt-A-Highway | $4,099.00 |
| Bamberg | Bamberg County | $ 6,160.00 |
| Barnwell | Barnwell County Sheriff’s Office | $4,092.00 |
| Beaufort | Beaufort County | $7,500.00 |
| Charleston | Charleston County Environmental Management | $6,000.00 |
| Chester | Chester County Litter Enforcement | $3,950.00 |
| Abbeville | City of Abbeville | $5,600.00 |
| Barnwell | City of Barnwell | $5,400.00 |
| Pickens | City of Liberty | $5,000.00 |
| York | City of Rock Hill | $4,297.00 |
| Colleton | City of Walterboro/City Appearance Board | $1,500.00 |
| Lexington | City of West Columbia | $1,125.00 |
| York | City of York | $5,000.00 |
| Clarendon | Clarendon County | $8,519.00 |
| Kershaw | Clean Community Commission | $4,600.00 |
| Dorchester | Dorchester County Public Works/Solid Waste | $9,000.00 |
| Oconee | Friends of Jocassee, Inc. | $1,000.00 |
| Lexington | Friends of the Edisto FRED | $5,000.00 |
| Richland | Gills Creek Watershed Association | $2,725.00 |
| Greenwood | Greenwood County | $5,227.00 |
| Jasper | Jasper County Sheriff’s Office | $9,500.00 |
| Lancaster | Lancaster County Stormwater | $8,950.00 |
| Laurens | Laurens County Chamber of Commerce | $3,420.00 |
| Lexington | Lexington County Solid Waste Management | $ 4,430.00 |
| Marion | Marion County | $2,000.00 |
| Orangeburg | Orangeburg County Litter Control | $4,473.00 |
| Richland | Palmetto Conservation Foundation | $4,750.00 |
| Beaufort | Port Royal Police Department / Codes / Litter / Marine Patrol | $3,700.00 |
| Laurens | Presbyterian College | $4,750.00 |
| Darlington | SC Dept. of Natural Resources (Darlington County) | $5,000.00 |
| Dorchester | SC Dept. of Natural Resources (Dorchester County) | $3,047.00 |
| Greenwood | SC Dept. of Natural Resources (Greenwood County) | $4,938.00 |
| Saluda | SC Dept. of Natural Resources (Saluda County) | $3,738.00 |
| Laurens | SC Dept. of Natural Resources (Unit 1D – Laurens County) | $4,703.00 |
| Lexington | Town of Batesburg-Leesville | $5,000.00 |
| Aiken | Town of Jackson | $4,320.00 |
| Williamsburg | Town of Kingstree | $5,000.00 |
| Jasper | Town of Ridgeland | $5,000.00 |
| Greenwood | Town of Ware Shoals | $5,000.00 |
| Beaufort | USC Dept. of Natural Sciences | $3,917.00 |
| Spartanburg | Wellford Police Department | $360.00 |
| York | York County Collection & Recycling | $3,000.00 |