EPA Opens $40M Grant Program for Solid Waste Recycling
Eligible applicants: local governments. Applications are due: Jan 16, 2023.
Announcement Type: Notice of Funding Opportunity (the program is now open for applications)
Opportunity: Solid Waste Infrastructure For Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program for Political Subdivisions of States and Territories (EPA)
Overview and Eligible Uses: Projects will create new capacity for, optimize existing capacity of, or identify strategies that result in an increase in management of post-consumer materials. The EPA also encourages applications that demonstrate innovative solutions that provide access to prevention, reuse, recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting opportunities in areas that currently do not have access.
All applications must address one or more of the following:
Establish, increase, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure;
Fund the creation and construction of tangible infrastructure, technology, or other improvements to reduce contamination in the recycled materials stream;
Establish, increase, expand, or optimize capacity for materials management;
Establish, improve, expand, or optimize end-markets for the use of recycled commodities; or
Demonstrate a significant and measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste.
Amount: About 25 awards ranging between $500k and $4M for a total of $40M in funding. No matching funds are required
Award Type: Competitive grant / cooperative agreement
Eligible Applicants: Applications will be accepted from political subdivisions of states and territories. The EPA considers counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of governments that have executive and legislative functions to be political subdivisions of states.
Key Dates: Applications are due January 16, 2023. Optional Notice of Intents are due on December 15, 2022.
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