Cooperative Agreement 20247051041988
- The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $299,437 cooperative agreement to Broadview Village Of under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The award will support establishing residential curbside food scrap composting programs in three communities and food scrap diversion operations and education in K-12 schools within those communities. It will also fund the use of finished compost in community and school landscaping and gardens....
- This $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (CFDA 66.921) program will fund a comprehensive recycling outreach and education campaign led by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus in Northeastern Illinois. The three-year initiative aims to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and reduce contamination in the recycling stream across 275 municipalities and 7 counties. Key activities...
- This $4,600,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the City of Iowa City's efforts to expand its municipal composting infrastructure and increase organic waste diversion. Key activities include designing and building a 2-acre expansion to the city's existing 5-acre compost facility, resurfacing the existing facility, purchasing a compost windrow...
- This Project Grant award of $371,516, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program (CFDA 66.921), supports the Clean Air Council's efforts to enhance residential composting and recycling in the disadvantaged communities of Braddock, Clairton, and Swissvale, Pennsylvania. The project aims to build and support backyard and community composting systems, including conducting outreach campaigns, developing...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $3,291,202 in funding to the City of Baltimore's Department of Public Works. The purpose of this award is to enhance the city's efforts to reduce municipal solid waste generation and increase organic waste diversion through the development of a new solar-powered composting facility. Specifically, the funding...
- 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 $2,016,941 in funding to the City of Stamford, Connecticut to enhance the city's food waste collection and composting capabilities. The key activities include the purchase and installation of four new composting systems - three for public use at strategic locations and one at a public high school as a pilot program....
- The City of Ishpeming, Michigan received a $300,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The funding will assist the City in building a world-class composting facility to benefit Ishpeming residents as well as other organizations in Marquette County. The composting facility will support urban and emerging agricultural practices...
- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,000,406 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Workforce Inc. dba Recycle Force for the "Recycling Lives" project. The 24-month grant will fund an initiative to expand job training and job placement programs for justice-involved adults aged 18 and over living in high-crime, high-poverty areas of Indianapolis, Indiana. The project...
- The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $180,000 Cooperative Agreement to New Hanover County, North Carolina under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program. The County will operate an in-vessel composter to divert $180k of organic material from landfills that would otherwise be disposed of as waste. The composter was purchased in 2017 and the current funding will support composting operations through February 2025. By...
- This $131,102 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 will allow the City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) to launch a food waste composting public-private partnership. Under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program, PPR will partner with a local food composting business to process source separated organics, including an estimated 131 tons of food scraps annually, on park land. An outreach and education program will also inform PPR...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE CITY OF GARY, INDIANA IS COMMITTED TO SCIENTIFICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCING MUNICIPAL FOOD WASTE AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. KEEPING FOOD WASTE OUT OF LANDFILLS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ATTRIBUTES OF CULTIVATING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. COMPOSTING IS AS MUCH A LANDFILL AVOIDANCE STRATEGY AS IT IS A COMMITMENT TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY METHODS, MEANING CYCLING DISCARDED FOOD WASTE BACK INTO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.THE COMMUNITY COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM WHICH WILL OCCUR OVER A 24-MONTH PERIOD. SELECTED COURSE MODULES WILL BE OFFERED CONCURRENTLY WITH PRACTICAL HANDS-ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO 50 HOUSEHOLDS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF GARY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 2/20/26 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 1/23/26 | ||
| Not listed | $317.8k | 5/13/24 |