Cooperative Agreement A16AC00020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $161,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) Office of Planning and Development (CNMI OPD). The grant, under CFDA 10.762, will fund projects aimed at reducing water pollution and improving solid waste disposal planning and management in rural areas of the CNMI. Key activities to be delivered include evaluating landfill conditions, providing technical assistance and training...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The $491,314 award to the District of Columbia Department of Public Works (DPW) will support the development of a 10-year Solid Waste Management Plan. The plan will include a waste characterization study and an organics management plan to help the city achieve an 80%...

This $3,571,064 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will fund the City of Ontario, California's efforts to enhance municipal solid waste management and recycling infrastructure. The key products and services to be delivered include: Purchasing three electric refuse trucks, four charging stations, and three extra batteries, along with 400 commercial recycling/organic waste bins and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $162,000 Solid Waste Management Grant (CFDA 10.762) to the Eastern Idaho Regional Solid Waste District on August 16, 2024. The grant will fund a one-year project to reduce water pollution and improve solid waste management practices in rural areas of Idaho. Key products and services to be delivered include evaluating landfill conditions, enhancing solid waste operator skills, reducing waste streams, and developing closure plans...

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...

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 EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Cooperative Agreement award provides $612,441 in funding to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to enhance the agency's efforts to meet the goals of the SWIFR grant program. The key activities to be performed include: Amending Puerto Rico's solid waste recycling law and developing updated regulations through a public review process. DNER will train agency staff and 78 municipal recycling coordinators...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will support the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) in improving solid waste infrastructure and recycling capacity in the Lexington-Fayette disadvantaged communities. Specifically, the award will fund the purchase of a new optical sorter to recover post-consumer polypropylene from the residential...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $107,000 Solid Waste Management Grant to Ne Resource Recovery (doing business as Nrra), a non-profit organization, to conduct projects aimed at increasing construction and demolition (C&D) debris recovery and diversion from landfills in New Hampshire. The grant funded activities such as convening stakeholder summits, providing public education materials on reuse, researching feasibility studies for diversion techniques,...

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...