This $414,736 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's efforts to enhance its solid waste management infrastructure. The key activities include purchasing critical equipment such as a new baler, residential waste and recycling containers, a truck, and a dump trailer. Additionally, the tribe will hire a contractor to complete a cost/rate...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $1,245,786 in funding to the Modoc Nation to enhance their municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The key activities include: Acquiring an existing building and making upgrades to establish a new tribal recycling facility. Purchasing new equipment such as a refuse truck, horizontal baler,...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $357,788 in funding to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to enhance their materials management infrastructure. The key activities to be performed under this award include expanding recycling and composting capabilities, establishing end markets for additional recycled materials, supporting economic development and...
This $555,564 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia program supports the Forest County Potawatomi Community's efforts to decrease municipal solid waste generation and increase waste diversion from landfills and incineration. Key project activities include: Purchasing two new recycling collection trucks (3,500-ton and 6,500-ton capacity) to expand the community's...
This $653,120 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program will enable the Shingle Springs Rancheria (Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians) to enhance its recycling infrastructure and waste diversion efforts. The funding will be used to establish a recycling center on the tribal reservation, including the purchase of new equipment such as scales, crushers, balers, sorting equipment,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $803,416 to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to enhance their municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The award funds the construction of a composting facility, the purchase of equipment and supplies to operate a medium-scale composting system, and the implementation of outreach and education efforts...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $240,000.00 in funding to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) to enhance solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Increasing source reduction at the LTBB Pow Wow Grounds and Natural Resources Department by installing 5 water bottle...
This $365,085 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe's efforts to enhance waste reduction, recycling, and sustainable materials management on the Snoqualmie Reservation. The key activities to be performed include: Hiring a consultant to characterize the tribe's waste stream and document opportunities for composting, recycling, and other waste...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $969,951 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the Chippewa Cree Tribe's efforts to strengthen and further develop their Tribal Water Resources Department's solid waste management program. The key activities include enhancing data collection on waste composition and recycling options, updating the tribe's Integrated Waste Management Plan,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance the tribe's efforts to manage post-consumer materials and divert approximately 21 tons of waste from landfills. The Iipay Nation will use the funding to build and staff a small-scale sorting and transfer station, implement an outreach campaign,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $1,500,000 in funding to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe to enhance recycling infrastructure and waste diversion efforts.
The key activities to be performed under this award include:
Designing and constructing a new recycling center building
Purchasing new recycling equipment such as a truck, trailer, recycling bins, baler, outdoor containers, pallet jack, tractor, and forklift
Hiring a full-time recycling technician
Implementing data tracking and reporting systems
Developing educational outreach and community engagement programs
The expected outcomes include expanded recycling availability, increased recycling awareness, and reduced solid waste contamination for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and surrounding tribal communities. The award has a performance period from December 2024 to December 2027.