Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Diana Ramirez, County Administrator
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
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Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 10%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Rate is not 0% and is listed above.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration for approval of a subrecipient agreement with the University of Houston to pass through grant funds in the amount of $733,340 for the ZEEBRA: Zoos Educating on Electronics and Battery Recycling Awareness Program.
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Background and Discussion:
Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the purpose of the DOE's Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection funding opportunity is to support the recycling of consumer electronics batteries and battery-containing devices to help build a robust domestic critical material supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in the country. Awards were provided to increase consumer participation in recycling programs, improve the economics of consumer battery recycling to create a market for recycling them, or increase the number of these program. The awarded grant was for Topic Area 1: Expanding Consumer Participation in Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling Programs.
Expected Impact:
The goals of the ZEEBRA program are to improve consumer knowledge on battery recycling, enhance awareness of the importance of battery recycling and circularity, highlight recycling locations, promote recycling...
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