[OKRA] Federal Money available for recycling equipment - check it out!

[Ellen Bussert]

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Did you know that there is federal money available to fund recycling
projects for communities and tribal entities?  The deadline for the
application is due December 20th, so be sure to check it out and apply as
soon as possible?  Need help purchasing equipment ?



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*Biden-Harris Administration Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to
Advance Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Wasted Food*

On Sept. 16, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $117 million for three
separate funding opportunities to advance recycling infrastructure and
boost food waste prevention education across the country. Two of the
notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants – one
funding opportunity for Tribes and intertribal consortia and another for
communities (such as cities, counties, and parishes) across the country.
The third notice is for EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach grant
program and is focused on food waste prevention and composting. All three
opportunities are made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, which provided the largest EPA investment in recycling
in more than 30 years.

*Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Funding Opportunities*

The grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide approximately
$20 million in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million each. The
entities eligible to apply under this announcement are federally recognized
tribes, including Alaskan Native Villages and former Indian reservations in
Oklahoma. Intertribal consortia are also eligible to apply. *The deadline
to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia  is
March 14, 2025.* For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for
Tribes and Intertribal Consortia
<https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/solid-waste-infrastructure-recycling-grants-tribes-and-intertribal-consortia>
web
page.

The grants for communities will provide approximately $58 million in awards
ranging from $500,000 to $5 million each. The entities eligible to apply
under this announcement are political subdivisions of states and
territories (such as counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units
of government). *The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for
Communities  is December 20**, 2024. *For the full details, please visit
EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Communities
<https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/solid-waste-infrastructure-recycling-grants-communities>
web
page.

Applications may include (but are not limited to) projects that fund:

   - Programs that provide or increase access to innovative solutions or
   programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, and
   recycling in areas that currently do not have access; including development
   of or upgrades to drop-off and transfer stations (including but not limited
   to a hub-and-spoke model in rural communities), etc.
   - The purchase of recycling equipment, including but not limited to
   sorting equipment, waste metering, trucks, processing facilities, etc.
   - Upgrades to material recovery facilities (MRFs) such as optical
   sorters, artificial intelligence, etc.
   - Construction of and/or upgrades to composting facilities or anaerobic
   digesters to increase capacity for food and organics recycling.
   - Education and outreach activities as a minor element of larger
   eligible projects that are funded by the grant.
   - Development of or upgrades to curbside collection programs or drop-off
   stations for organics.
   - Development of and/or upgrades to reuse infrastructure (e.g., online
   reuse platforms, community repair spaces, technology and equipment to
   improve materials management reuse options, food donation, upcycling,
   staging areas for material reuse/donation, reuse warehouses, reuse centers,
   and electronic waste and computer recycling and refurbishing) and/or
   - Other activities that the applicant believes will further the
   objectives of the NOFO provided those activities are eligible for funding
   under statute and the terms of the NOFO.

Need More Help?

If you have questions about the grants, email SWIFR at epa.gov.

EPA’s Press Release announcing these funding opportunities:
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-117-million-grants-available-advance-recycling

Learn more about EPA’s efforts to transform U.S. recycling and waste
management under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
<https://www.epa.gov/infrastructure/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-transforming-us-recycling-and-waste-management>
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