Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02
- Applications due
- Award size
- $100,000 to $1,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Environment
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications for the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants, specifically targeting Tribes and Intertribal Consortia to support improvements in post-consumer materials management and waste infrastructure. The program aims to develop a circular economy approach by supporting projects that reduce waste, manage materials more effectively, and create more resilient tribal communities. Eligible applicants must address at least one mandatory objective, such as developing waste management plans, expanding materials management infrastructure, establishing end-markets for recycled materials, or demonstrating increased waste diversion. Acceptable project materials include municipal solid waste, electronic waste, batteries, household hazardous waste, tire scraps, and construction debris. Applications will be evaluated based on project approach, impactful solutions, environmental results, programmatic capability, and budget efficiency, with the EPA planning to select at least one grant recipient per EPA region.
The grant opportunity will distribute approximately $20 million across approximately 20 awards, with individual grant amounts ranging from $100,000 to $1,500,000. The grants have a three-year project period, with an application deadline of January 23, 2026. Importantly, these funds cannot be used for landfill construction, incineration, or environmental cleanup, and the EPA expects selected projects to be capable of beginning implementation within 6-12 months. Eligible applicants include Indian Tribes (including Alaskan Native Villages) and Intertribal Consortia, with a focus on geographic diversity and projects that demonstrate significant potential for improving waste management infrastructure.
Synopsis
The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant program will assist local waste management authorities by supporting improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including municipal recycling programs, and assisting local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
Consistent with the authorizing statute in Section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, SWIFR will support an economy that uses a systems-focused approach and involves industrial processes and economic activities that are restorative or regenerative by design, enables resources used in such processes and activities to maintain their highest value for as long as possible, and aims for the elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, and systems (including business models).
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02_Revised Dec 2025.pdf | ||
| EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02.pdf |
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