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

Mon Sep 16 13:10:12 PDT 2024

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The grant opportunities announced today will improve waste management
systems and consumer education and outreach on waste prevention and
recycling. Please share it with anyone you know who may be interested in
applying for funds.

Issued: Sep 16, 2024 (1:00pm EDT)

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

*WASHINGTON* – Today, 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.

“Today we make another historic investment to reduce waste across the
Nation," *said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.* “Thanks to President
Biden’s Investing in America agenda, EPA is deploying unprecedented
resources to improve recycling services and increase educational outreach
to communities. When we work together to prevent waste that contributes to
climate change, we support local economies, create jobs that pay well, and
better protect the health of everyone in the community.”

Some communities that lack waste management infrastructure do not have
curbside waste collection services, recycling, or composting programs,
which increases the strain on local waste management systems and increases
greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, mismanaged waste contributes to
health and economic issues in historically underserved and overburdened
communities. Increasing recycling reduces climate, environmental, and
social impacts of materials use and keeps valuable resources in use instead
of in landfills. Preventing wasted food from ending up in landfills plays
an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The grant opportunities announced today will improve waste management
systems and consumer education and outreach on waste prevention and
recycling, meeting Congress’ goal to create a stronger, more resilient, and
cost-effective U.S. recycling system. These funding opportunities also put
the concrete steps identified in the “National Strategy for Reducing Food
Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics
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into action.

The projects that EPA will fund under the Recycling Education and Outreach
grant selection—including a national education and outreach campaign—will
lead to more recycling through composting, less wasted food from
households, better markets for selling compost, and less contamination in
the compost stream. Projects funded through the Solid Waste Infrastructure
for Recycling grants will improve post-consumer materials management and
infrastructure. In addition, the grants support EPA’s “National Recycling
Strategy
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goal of building an economy devoted to keeping materials, products, and
services in circulation for as long as possible – what’s known as a
circular economy. EPA anticipates releasing its final “National Strategy to
Prevent Plastic Pollution
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in the coming months. All are part of EPA’s series on creating a circular
economy for all.

Both the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling and Recycling Education
and Outreach grant programs advance President Biden’s historic Justice40
Initiative
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which aims to deliver at least 40% of the overall benefits of certain
federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, clean
water, and other investments to communities that are marginalized by
underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.

*Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program*

The recycling funding for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide
approximately $20 million total in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5
million each. The recycling funding for communities will provide
approximately $58 million total in awards ranging from $500,000 to $5
million each. This includes projects that will improve collection,
transport, systems, and processes related to post-use materials that can be
recovered, reused, recycled, repaired, refurbished, or composted. Read
more about
eligible applicants and activities for these funding opportunities for
Tribes and intertribal consortia
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 and those available to communities
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EPA anticipates announcing a SWIFR funding opportunity for states and
territories next year.

*Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program*

The funding for the REO grant program will provide approximately $39
million for one award. EPA seeks coalition applications that include the
following elements: (1) a project to develop and implement a national
consumer wasted food reduction campaign; (2) a project that will increase
the market for and sales of compost; and (3) a project that will increase
education and outreach to households on composting. Applicants must
demonstrate they will subaward a portion of the total award to implement
education and outreach activities locally, which will benefit local
communities. Read more about eligible applicants and activities for this
funding opportunity for recycling education and outreach
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Learn more about how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Transforming U.S.
Recycling and Waste Management
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For information about the current recycling grant program recipients, visit
the recycling grant recipient webpage.
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For more information on preventing wasted food, visit the Sustainable
Management of Food webpage
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Learn more about EPA’s circular economy work
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For further information: EPA Press Office (press at epa.gov)
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