The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) was awarded a $733,568 Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance IEPA's efforts to support long-term planning and data collection to demonstrate progress toward national recycling and food loss and waste reduction goals, as well as advance a circular economy for materials in Illinois. Through this funding, IEPA will procure a contractor to conduct a comprehensive statewide waste generation and characterization study. The study will identify the annualized volume of individual materials generated in Illinois and the end-of-life handling methods of those materials by geographic region. The primary outcome will be providing IEPA with contemporary, accurate data to enable the targeting of specific materials streams and generation locations for landfill diversion efforts. The results may inform future policy, regulatory, or programmatic actions to support increased recycling, composting, and other landfill diversion activities in the state.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $733.6k | 8/14/23 |