EPA's solid waste infrastructure for recycling (swifr) grants for political subdivisions of states and territories will fund activities that will result in a significant decrease in the generation…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,944,001 Cooperative Agreement to the Town of Greenfield, MA under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The funding will allow Greenfield to transition its manual recycling collection system to an automated system, including the purchase of 3 automated recycling vehicles and new residential recycling carts. Additional activities include modifying the town's transfer station to increase transloading capabilities and hiring a full-time project assistant to implement a multi-faceted promotion and enforcement campaign. The project aims to increase recycling rates, reduce contamination, and provide cleaner materials for manufacturing. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement.

EPA's solid waste infrastructure for recycling (swifr) grants for political subdivisions of states and territories will fund activities that will result in a significant decrease in the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and/or an increase in the diversion of MSW from landfills and incineration, as well as fund innovative solutions and programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, mechanical recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting. The purpose of this award is to enhance the town of greenfield's efforts to meet the swifr grants elements. Specifically, the town of greenfield will demonstrate a measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected form municipal solid waste through a transition of a manually sorted collection system to an automated sorted collection system. Activities:the activities to be performed by the town of greenfield are purchasing 3 automated recycling vehicles and new residential recycling carts to improve collection, modification of the transfer station to allow for increased transloading capabilities, and hiring a project assistant to help implement a multi-faceted promotional and enforcement campaign to ensure that collected materials are clean and usable for use in manufacturing.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables are: the purchase of 3 automated recycling vehicles, modification of the transfer station and the purchase of new recycling collection carts all leading to an upgraded recycling program. The expected outcomes will include reduced recycling collection costs, increased collection efficiency, increased landfill diversion/increased tonnage collected, and easy-to-move collection carts for the ease for the residents. The city will hire a full time project assistant to implement this new program and expects to see city wide recycling increase and a decrease in contamination rates, and thus an increase in waste diversion and providing clean materials for manufacturing. The city plans for the the project assistant to help manage the multi-faceted, citywide promotion and enforcement campaign to keep contamination rates low, track amounts and types of material coming in, ensure carts are tagged, proper cart replacement, receive and review audit reports from the MRF, increased participation measured by stops per vehicle route, and service calls increases plus types of calls. The intended beneficiaries include the residents of the city of greenfield, massachusetts.