This $1,475,782 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund a project by the Igiugig Village Council to improve solid waste management in the Igiugig, Alaska community. The key activities include: Constructing a new recycling facility in Igiugig Expanding the existing recycling program to enable year-round collection and processing Creating approximately 6 new permanent and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $1,499,959.00 to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (CITC) to expand materials management infrastructure that supports plastics recycling in five Alaska Native villages. The project activities include purchasing equipment and supplies such as shredders, extruders, sheet presses, and molds; increasing...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $1,346,833.00 to the Orutsararmuit Native Council (ONC) for a project to improve solid waste management and recycling infrastructure in the Bethel, Alaska region. The award funds activities such as increasing recycling accessibility, developing a curbside pickup program, providing recycling dumpsters, expanding capacity to...
This $555,708 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 Metlakatla Indian Community's project to improve solid waste management in their community. The key activities to be performed include establishing a composting program, expanding organic materials management, purchasing equipment, increasing recycling infrastructure and supplies, 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...
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 $1,295,425 in funding to the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The purpose of the award is to develop and construct a regional solid waste management hub serving Southeast Alaska's tribal network, increase and expand current composting/food waste reduction and recycling programs, and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) provides $888,416 to the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to enhance their municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The funding will be used to construct a composting facility, purchase necessary equipment and supplies, and conduct community outreach to increase collection and composting of compostable materials....
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 EPA Region 10 Cooperative Agreement, awarded under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $1,186,754.00 in funding to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska to support improvements to their municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The award will fund the purchase of recycling processing equipment and collection bins, hiring and training of staff, collection of recycling materials from the community, educational outreach,...
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...