Solid waste management grants

This $805,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Solid Waste Management Grants program (CFDA 10.762) supports the Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) in providing technical assistance, training, information resources, and other services focused on solid waste management in rural communities across the United States. Through this one-year award, RCAP will deliver projects to evaluate landfill conditions, enhance operator skills, reduce waste streams, and develop closure plans for active or decommissioned solid waste sites in order to reduce pollution of water resources and improve solid waste disposal facility planning and management in rural areas. RCAP has previously received funding from the USDA and Environmental Protection Agency to provide similar technical assistance and capacity-building services related to water, wastewater, and solid waste infrastructure in small rural communities.