This cooperative agreement is funded by the infrastructure investment and jobs act (also known as the bipartisan infrastructure law)

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has been awarded a $531,690 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance Virginia's efforts to meet the SWIFR grants program objectives, which include supporting long-term planning and data collection to demonstrate progress toward national recycling and food loss and waste reduction goals, as well as advancing a circular economy for materials. The key activities to be performed under this award are to: 1) Update Virginia's Solid Waste Management Plan, and 2) Develop an online recycling data collection and analysis application. The intended outcomes include improved data collection and quality regarding municipal solid waste generation and recycling within the Commonwealth of Virginia, which will benefit localities, solid waste planning units, and waste management/recycling facilities. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

EPA's solid waste infrastructure for recycling (swifr) grants for states and territories will fund activities that support long-term planning and data collection needs to demonstrate progress toward the national recycling goal and food loss and waste reduction goal and advance a circular economy for materials, as well as support the state-led implementation of plans to advance post-consumer materials management. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enhance the virginia department of environmental quality's efforts to meet the swifr grants elements. The virginia department of environmental quality will update the state solid waste management plan and develop an online recycling data collection and analysis application.activities:the activities to be performed are to update virginia's solid waste management plan and to develop a recycling data collection and analysis application in the state.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include an updated solid waste management plan for virginia and an online application to track and analyze recycling/solid waste data in the state. Expected outcomes include improved data collection and quality with respect to the amount of municipal solid waste generated and recycled within planning units/localities. The intended beneficiaries include localities, solid waste planning units, solid waste management and recycling facilities throughout the commonwealth of virginia.