Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia

EPA EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02
Posted: Sep 08, 2025 12:00:00 AM EDT
Closes: 12/12/2025

Funding Information

Estimated Total Funding
$20,000,000
Award Ceiling
$1,500,000
Award Floor
$100,000
Expected Number of Awards
20

Description

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). 

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). 

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
See Section 2 of the funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.

Funding Activity Categories

Environment Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

CFDA Numbers

  • 66.920 - Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants

Contact Information

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: Elizabeth January Program Analyst
Phone: 202-564-1584
Chris Carusiello and Jamie Lutz

Additional Information

Document Type: synopsis
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Version: 1
Last Updated: Sep 08, 2025 07:53:46 AM EDT

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