Recycling Heroes – Community Cleanup Grants Program

Hate litter? So do we!

Especially when it comes to beverage containers. There is no excuse for beverage containers – which are meant to be recycled or refilled and reused – to end up as litter! In fact, our Be a Recycling Herocampaign, held every year since 2020, urges New Brunswickers to step up for their province – and the planet – by ensuring no empty beverage container ends up as litter.

Everyone has seen at some point beverage containers carelessly left as litter on the side of the road, on sidewalks, beaches, trails, in parks, and in other outdoor spaces. Being a “Recycling Hero” means having a zero-tolerance policy for littering, speaking up when you see someone littering, and making sure always to recycle your empty beverage containers.

Thanks to our Community Cleanup Grants, you can be a Recycling Hero by organizing a cleanup event in your community. Give your favourite beach, park, playground, or other public outdoor space some love by getting a few friends, schoolmates, colleagues or fellow residents together to pick up litter. Don’t forget to recycle any empty beverage containers – and other recyclable materials – you may find!

Our Community Cleanup Grants are a perfect fit for:

  • teachers, student groups and school green/environmental committees that want to organize a cleanup event for their schoolyard or any other outdoor public space students frequent – as a way to enhance environmental education and promote anti-litter awareness;
  • not-for-profit organizations, community groups and municipal/town citizen-led committees that want to get their fellow citizens involved in a beach sweep, a park or playground cleanup, a trail cleanup, etc., all the while building community connections and fostering appreciation and respect for public outdoor spaces.

Grants will be rewarded on a first-come-first-serve basis. Since the number of available grants is limited each year, our team evaluates all applications and strives to award grants to a variety of organizations and regions across the province. As there are a limited number of grants, priority will be given to applicants who have not received a grant in the last two years.

If you are part of an organization that already received a grant in the past, but would still like to organize a community cleanup event, we would encourage you to partner with another organization that has not already received a grant. Co-applying for a grant with this partner would allow you to receive and share the resources needed to organize a cleanup event, and would get even more people involved in keeping New Brunswick litter-free.

Cleanup events can take place in the spring, summer or fall. 

Apply for a Community Cleanup Grant and Receive $500 for Your Event!

If selected, you will receive a $500 cheque from Encorp Atlantic to help cover the costs associated with organizing and promoting your cleanup event. Use this money to:

  • buy supplies such as garbage bags, recycling bags/bins, litter pick up sticks, etc.; 
  • advertise your event and recruit participants; 
  • get event t-shirts, hats or any other giveaways for your participants;
  • cover the costs of any logistics involved, such as renting vehicles to carry supplies and dispose of litter collected; and/or
  • supply your participants with water and refreshments.

Along with your $500 grant cheque, Encorp will support your cleanup event by:

  • supplying your group with official Recycling Hero pins and other fun swag;
  • ensuring you know what to do with the litter you pick up during the cleanup (where to dispose of materials and which materials are recyclable);
  • linking you to a local redemption centre so that beverage containers you may find while doing the cleanup – if in good shape – can be collected separately and brought in for a cash payment; and
  • showcasing and promoting your group and its efforts as official #RecyclingHeroes on our website and social media.

Community Cleanup Grant Application Form

Grant applications for 2024 are now available until March 31, 2024.

Our 2023 Recycling Heroes

School-led Initiatives:

  • Académie Notre Dame (Dalhousie, NB)
  • Hillcrest School (Moncton, NB)
  • Chipman Forest Avenue School (Chipman, NB)
  • Devon Middle School (Fredericton, NB)
  • Abbey-Landry (Memramcook, NB)
  • Saint Mary’s Academy (Edmundston, NB)
  • Canterbury High School (Canterbury, NB)
  • Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux (Caraquet, NB)
  • Harvey High School (Harvey Station, NB)
  • Woodstock High School (Woodstock, NB)
  • École Mgr-Matthieu-Mazerolle (Rivière-Verte, NB)
  • Hartland Community School (Hartland, NB)
  • Perth-Andover Middle School (Perth-Andover, NB)
  • James M. Hill High School (Miramichi, NB)
  • Cité des jeunes, A.-M.-Sormany (Edmundston, NB)

Not-for-profit organizations/community-led initiatives:

  • Friends of Fundy (Alma, NB)
  • Shediac Bay Watershed Association (Shediac, NB)
  • 1st Kennebecasis Valley Baden Powell Service Association (Quispamsis, NB)
  • 1st Saint Margaret’s Scouting Group (Fredericton, NB)
  • Municipalité de l’Île-de-Lamèque (Lamèque, NB)

Our Past Recycling Heroes

School-led initiatives:

  • McAdam High School (McAdam, NB)
  • Donald Fraser Memorial School (Plaster Rock, NB)
  • Bathurst High School (Bathurst, NB)
  • John Caldwell School (Grand Falls, NB)
  • Keswick Memorial School (Burts Corner, NB)
  • École René-Chouinard (Lagacéville, NB)

Not-for-profit organizations/community-led initiatives:

  • ACAP Saint John (Saint John, NB)
  • Club Sportif du Pont-Lafrance (Pont-Lafrance, NB)
  • 1st Oromocto Scout Group (Oromocto, NB)
  • Hammond River Angling Association (Nauwigewauk, NB)
  • The ONE Change (Saint John, NB)
  • Habitat for Humanity (Moncton, NB)
  • Foods of the Fundy Valley (Hillsborough, NB)
  • St. Mary’s First Nation (Fredericton, NB)
  • Just Friends Food Bank (Stanley, NB)
  • Terry Fox Foundation (Upper Kingsclear, NB)
  • Targettville Recreational Centre (Targettville, NB)
  • Knowlesville Art & Nature Centre (Knowlesville, NB)
  • Groupe de développement durable du Pays de Cocagne (Cocagne, NB)
  • Kingsclear Spring Cleanup (Island View, NB)

School-led initiatives:

  • Dalhousie Regional High School (Dalhousie, NB)
  • École Le Tremplin (Tracadie, NB)
  • École Léandre LeGresley (Grande-Anse, NB)
  • Harcourt Elementary School (Harcourt, NB)
  • Lord Beaverbrook School (Campbellton, NB)
  • Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux (Caraquet, NB)
  • Bathurst Hight School (Bathurts, NB)
  • Dr Losier Middle School (Miramichi, NB)
  • École des Pionniers (Quispamsis, NB)
  • North and South Esk Elementary School (Sunny Corner, NB)

Not-for-profit organizations/community-led initiatives:

  • Apohaqui Lower Millstream Recreational Council Inc. (Apohaqui, NB)
  • Beersville Community Center (Beersville, NB)
  • Belleisle Watershed Coalition (Belleisle, NB)
  • Chipman Communities in Bloom (Chipman, NB)
  • Club Sportif de Pont Lafrance (Pont Lafrance, NB)
  • Crescent Valley Resource Centre (Saint John, NB)
  • Foods of the Fundy Valley (Hillsborough, NB)
  • Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance (Moncton, NB)
  • Woodstock First Nations Health Centre (Woodstock, NB)

Recycling Heroes – Success Stories

We post stories from the field from our Recycling Heroes – the recipients of our Community Cleanup Grants – as they come in!

You can also check our Facebook page for stories and photos from #RecyclingHeroes like you organizing cleanup events in communities across the province.

More information

Encorp’s Community Cleanup Grants are part of our commitment to environmental education and promoting beverage container recycling in New Brunswick, through various innovative campaigns and public space/special events recycling programs, known as “Recycling Hero”.

Our Recycling Hero campaigns and programs focus on reducing litter in our province’s beautiful outdoor spaces, supporting beverage container recycling in schools, and helping communities use beverage container recycling as a way to raise funds.

Inquiries on Recycling Hero campaigns and programs can be directed to our office:
Email: info@encorpatl.ca
Phone: 506-389-7332

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