The Ohio EPA’s Recycling and Litter Prevention grant program made $450,000 available to public and private K-12 school in the state to cover the cost of equipment to install or retrofit water fountains with water bottle filling stations.
“The bottle filling stations in schools encourage staff and students to use refillable water bottles to help reduce the use of single-use plastic bottles and keep more plastic waste out of landfills,” district officials said.
The district originally begin installing water bottle filling stations on drinking fountains as early as 2020. The maintenance staff will purchase additional water filling stations with this grant to place in the buildings.
Springfield, along with a handful of other districts in the Dayton region, were awarded grants.
The Ohio EPA will offer the grants again in 2024.
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