The Wally-Waste-Not Awards & Grants Program for Schools
2024-2025 Grants
2024 – 2025 Wally Waste Not Grant Program
Wally Waste Not Education Center Field Trip & Bus Grants!
More information – Coming Soon!
Green Team Grant
2023-2024 Grant Awardees
– Alisal Community School
– Bardin Elementary School
– Frank Paul Elementary School
– Laurel Wood Elementary School
– Loma Vista Elementary School
– Los Padres Elementary School
– Mission Park Elementary School
– Roosevelt Elementary School
– Sacred Heart School
– San Vicente Elementary School
– Sherwood Elementary Schoool
– Virginia Roca Barton Elem
2022 -2023 Grant Awardees
– Buena Vista Middle School
Condiment Dispenser Grant
2022- 2023 Grant Awardees
– Buena Vista Middle School
– Soledad High School
Salinas Valley Recycles (SVR) has assisted more than 80 schools in our service area in implementing comprehensive school-wide recycling programs. These efforts are in response to Salinas Valley Recycles’ goal of 75% waste diversion from landfills, the passage of AB 341 mandating recycling for commercial customers who generate 4 or more cubic yards of garbage per week, and AB 1826 and SB 1383 organics recycling laws.
Our first Wally-Waste-Not Award Program was launched in January 2015 and since then, SVR has awarded 63 schools with over $100,000 in funding
Here are some school award highlights from past award recipients:
- Alisal High School established hydration stations around campus to reduce plastic water bottles.
- Cesar Chavez and Jesse Sanchez school use reusable trays for all the meals served at the school instead of disposables.
- Gabilan Head Start set-up a worm bin to reduce food waste and uses reusable dishware for all of the meals instead of disposables.
- Soledad Head Start Center installed new recycling bins to upgrade the recycling program and uses reusable dishware for all the meals instead of disposables.
- La Paz Start Center uses reusable dishware for all of the meals instead of disposables.
- Salinas Child Development Center uses reusable dishware for all of the meals instead of disposables
- Rancho Cielo Silver Start Youth Program set-up two worm bin systems to divert food waste.
- Palma School installed outdoor recycling stations.
- Elkhorn Elementary School implemented a school-wide recycling program.
- San Lucas School uses reusable cups for water instead of disposable
- San Jerardo Head Start Center set up a worm bin to divert food waste and uses reusable dishware for all the meals instead of disposables.
- Buena Vista Middle School and Soledad High School installed condiment pump stations to eliminate single use condiment packets
