The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $673,004 Cooperative Agreement to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under the agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for States and Territories program (CFDA 66.920). This grant funding will enable the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to enhance the state's efforts to support long-term planning and data collection needs to demonstrate progress toward the national recycling goal and...
This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on June 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The award funds a project by the Nelson Island Consortium, a non-profit organization and federally recognized Indian Tribe, to improve post-consumer materials management, reduce municipal solid waste generation, and increase waste diversion from landfills in the Nelson Island community. Key...
This $1,867,163 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the County of Ocean, New Jersey to upgrade and modernize its Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The key products and services to be delivered include the purchase and installation of: 1) an Artificial Intelligence optical sorting analyzer to improve materials sorting facility-wide, 2) an eddy...
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...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $4,499,992 Cooperative Agreement under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) to the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission (NSVRC) located in Virginia. The purpose of this award is to enhance NSVRC's efforts to meet the SWIFR program objectives, which include reducing municipal solid waste generation and increasing diversion from landfills through recycling, composting, and other innovative...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was awarded a $531,690 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of the award is to enhance DEC's efforts to support long-term planning and data collection needs to demonstrate progress toward national recycling and food loss/waste reduction goals, and advance a circular economy for materials, as well...
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 $1,346,833 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), will fund the Orutsararmuit Native Council's (ONC) project to enhance solid waste management and recycling infrastructure in the Bethel, Alaska community. Key activities to be performed include: 1) increasing recycling accessibility, 2) developing a curbside pickup program, 3) providing recycling dumpsters,...
This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will support the Municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico in expanding its municipal recycling program. The project will enhance recycling services in six neighborhoods that currently lack collection and disposal services for recyclable materials. Key activities include purchasing recycling equipment, hiring and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $973,500 in funding to the Nenana Native Association, a federally recognized tribal government, to enhance their solid waste management and recycling capabilities. The award will fund the purchase of essential equipment, including a forklift, landing craft, trucks, trailers, roll-off containers, and a telehandler, to support the...