FY27 Residential Sharps Collection Program
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View & apply on Grants.gov →This Illinois EPA grant (FY27) reimburses units of local government up to $35,000 for costs of running a residential sharps (needle) collection program, including advertising, educational materials…
- Deadline
- Mar 1, 2027
- Posted
- May 20, 2026
- Award amount
- Up to $35,000
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In plain English
This Illinois EPA grant (FY27) reimburses units of local government up to $35,000 for costs of running a residential sharps (needle) collection program, including advertising, educational materials, collection containers, and disposal fees. Only local government units that are pre-qualified through the state's GATA Grantee Portal with an approved Internal Control Questionnaire are eligible; nonprofits and businesses cannot apply, and only residential (not business) sharps waste is covered. The deadline is March 1, 2027.
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Who can apply
Government Organizations — Applicants must be units of local government that are registered and have pre-qualified through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal. This includes an approved FY27 Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) in the GATA Grantee Portal.
About this grant
In accordance with 415 ILCS 5/22.15(i), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Materials Management and Compliance Section (MMCS) has the authority to administer grants funding household waste collections. This grant opportunity is open to units of local government to implement a residential sharps collection. Each unit of local government is eligible for the actual costs of sharps collection and disposal, up to $35,000.00. Eligible costs include: costs for advertising sharps collection stations, costs for educational materials focused on proper disposal of sharps, costs to obtain collection containers for use by individual residents, collection receptacles to store sharps at the sharps collection station, mobilization fees assessed by an appropriately permitted potentially infectious medical waste (PIMW) transporter to pick up collected sharps, disposal fees for the collected sharps, and indirect costs. Sharps accepted at the sharps collection station shall only be sharps collected from private residents; no business waste may be combined with the sharps collected under this funding opportunity.
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