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Eligible Expenses
<br />General lntoimiation:
<br />SCORE funds are granted by the State to the County, to assist Ramsey County in meeting its statutory obligation to assure that all
<br />residents have an opportunity to recycle. Ramsey County must follow State law that sets out restrictions on how funds may be used,
<br />including how funds are used by grantees. Inappropriate uses may result in the County (and, by extension, grantees) receiving less
<br />funding.
<br />© SCORE funds can only cover expenses that are not reimbursed by another source (e.g., clean-up fees, recycling service charge, grant
<br />program, etc.).
<br />Changes from the budget adopted in the grant agreement are possible (such as moving money from one budget area to another,
<br />replacing a project in the budget with a neva one, etc.), but requests to do so must be made in writing.
<br />Administration:
<br />Salary and benefits to cover that portion of full-time or part-time employee time spent planning, coordinating, implementing, or operating the
<br />recycling program; yard/tree waste recycling or composting program; public education efforts for recycling, waste reduction, HHW
<br />management, yard waste, and clean-up events at which at least a portion of materials are reused or recycled, etc.
<br />Promotion Activities:
<br />Pursuant to State law, outreach, education and promotional materials must address waste and toxicity reduction, recycling, separate
<br />management of organic waste, recycled products, composting, clean-ups, and other waste -related issues. To be eligible for SCORE funds
<br />under the Agreement, municipalities must use elements of Ramsey County's outreach, educational and promotional tools throughout the
<br />municipalities' own outreach, education and promotional vehicles, including but not limited to direct mailing postcards, utility bill inserts,
<br />municipality web pages and municipality newsletters. Municipalities will be provided with the minimum requirements for communicating with
<br />residents about waste management programs and will submit all SCORE related educational/promotional materials to the County Recycling
<br />Coordinator for review prior to distribution.
<br />Examples of eligible expenses include:
<br />Production and distribution of printed materials (e.g., "how to" recycling guides or brochures, waste reduction posters, recycling
<br />reminder lawn signs, etc.). SCORE funds may be used to cover costs of production and distribution of paper materials (brochures,
<br />newsletters, posters, postcards, etc.) that model environmentally preferable printing practices, such as using paper made with a
<br />minimum of 30% post -consumer recycled content, using agri-based inks, and including a tag line promoting how the publication
<br />demonstrates environmentally preferable printing practices.
<br />Features, articles, etc. in municipality newsletters (cost recovery proportional to the print coverage of SCORE -related issues; coverage
<br />must comprise a significant portion of the newsletter's content if seeking reimbursement for the full cost of production of the newsletter)
<br />o Advertising in the media (e.g., newspaper, radio, etc.).
<br />o Postage for distribution of promotional information (e.g., newsletters, direct mail, etc.).
<br />• Promotional goods (e.g., magnets, pencils, cloth bags, mugs, key chains, clothing, etc.).
<br />• Environmental education activity materials (e.g., coloring books, displays, educational performing troupes, videos, etc.).
<br />o Video productions.
<br />• Web design/hosting expenses (only the costs direcfl associated with waste and toxicity reduction, recycling, organics management,
<br />composting, and other waste management issues).
<br />• Cash prize drawings as incentives are eligible if included in the grant application.
<br />• Workshops.
<br />Equipment:
<br />All equipment must remain the property of the Municipality. Examples of eligible expenses include:
<br />• Purchase or lease of equipment used only for collection and transportation of recyclable materials, or collection and storage of
<br />recyclable materials at municipal drop-off centers (e.g., trucks, storage containers, sorting equipment, etc.).
<br />• Recycling collection containers, bins, totes, bags, etc.
<br />• Purchase or lease of computer/data processing equipment used for managing recycling data (e.g., bar coding equipment, etc.).
<br />• Recycled content products that contain post consumer waste (not just pre-consumer/post-industrial recycled content), but only the
<br />"premium," if any, above the price of a comparable virgin product (examples of eligible recycled content products include plastic lumber,
<br />plastic picnic fables, copy paper and other office supplies, paint, glass road aggregate, fear -off shingle recycled asphalt pavement,
<br />garbage bags, carpet, building materials, etc.).
<br />Biush/wood waste chipping equipment: purchase, rental, maintenance expenses.
<br />Equipment that results in waste reduction, approved on a case-by-case basis.
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