EPA's solid waste infrastructure for recycling (swifr) grants for tribes and intertribal consortia will fund projects that focus on encouraging environmentally sound post-consumer materials…

EPA's solid waste infrastructure for recycling (swifr) grants for tribes and intertribal consortia will fund projects that focus on encouraging environmentally sound post-consumer materials management; fund projects that result in a decrease in the generation of municipal solid waste and/or an increase in the diversion of municipal solid waste from landfills and incineration; and/or fund projects that provide or expand access to source reduction, reuse, recycling, backhaul, anaerobic digestion, and composting for tribes and intertribal consortia. The purpose of this award is to provide funding to the central council of tlingit and haida indian tribe to conduct a project that supports these elements.activities:the activities to be performed include: 1) develop and construct a regional solid waste management hub serving southeast alaska's tribal network; 2) provide collection, transport, storage, and processing of recyclable materials; 3) increase and expand current compost/food reduction and recycling programs; 4) provide education and outreach to the communities; 5) provide program staff with recycling and solid waste education and training; 6) collect data on the amount of organic waste and recyclables are collected; and 7) provide finished compost to regional greenhouses and local community gardens. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:completion of these activities constitute the anticipated deliverables and will result in a cleaner, healthier environment, which will benefit and protect public health in the central council of tlingit and haida indian tribe community through the improvement of solid waste management.