A new round of funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Communities program is now available for counties to pursue. EPA considers counties, cities, towns, parishes and similar units of governments that have executive and legislative functions to be political subdivisions of states and territories. Read the Eligible Applicants section of the (NOFO).
Materials and waste streams within scope of this funding opportunity include municipal solid waste, including plastics, organics, paper, metal, glass, and construction and demolition debris. This also includes the management pathways of source reduction, reuse, sending materials to material recovery facilities, composting, and industrial uses (e.g., rendering, anaerobic digestion) and feeding animals.
The total estimated funding for the competitive opportunity is approximately $58 million. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20-30 assistance agreements under this funding opportunity, with at least one award per each聽EPA Region. The minimum individual award floor is $500,000, and the maximum individual award ceiling is $5 million for the grant period.
To allow for efficient management of the competitive process,聽EPA requests submittal of an聽optional, informal Notice of Intent to Apply聽by聽Nov. 15, 2024,聽to聽[email protected]. Please include your approximate funding amount, the track under which you are applying (refer to Section I.E: Program Tracks聽of the NOFO for more information), and one to two sentences about the scope of your project.