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...
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 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection received a $572,065 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of the award is to enhance the state's efforts to meet the objectives of the SWIFR program, which include supporting improvements to local post-consumer materials management and advancing a circular economy for materials. Key activities to be performed...
This $389,194 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on July 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), will support the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley in Nevada to reinvigorate their solid waste recycling program. The key activities include developing a community recycling education plan, engaging the community to promote participation, tracking data on recyclables collected and diverted from...
This $673,004 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 support the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) in enhancing the territory's post-consumer materials management infrastructure and waste reduction efforts. Key activities funded under this award include: training at least 10 DPNR employees in zero waste and recycling...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,258,355 Project Grant to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) under the EPA's Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921). The funds will be used for a comprehensive, evidence-based campaign to improve residential recycling across multiple jurisdictions in southeastern Virginia. Key activities include conducting recycling audits, implementing a route-level recycling education...
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 $612,441 in funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Planning and Development. The purpose of this award is to enhance the territory's efforts to establish recycling systems on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Key activities include purchasing and installing horizontal...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has awarded a $713,380 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance GDNR's efforts to support long-term planning and data collection to demonstrate progress toward national recycling and food loss and waste reduction goals, as well as advance a circular economy for materials. Under this...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $612,441 Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The funding will support NCDEQ's efforts to enhance post-consumer materials management in North Carolina. Key activities include conducting a statewide materials management optimization study, advancing statewide materials management campaigns, and providing...