The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) offers the Recycling and Waste Diversion (RWD) Grant as part of the Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF) Grant Program.
Donor Name: Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GAEPD)
State: Georgia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/31/2023
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF) Grant Program furthers the goals of the SWTF by providing financial support for projects that meet the requirements described in O.C.G.A. § 12-8-27.1 and O.C.G.A. §(RWD) Grant created as a part of the SWTF Grant Program, will reduce solid waste in Georgia, recover valuable materials, support manufacturing, and encourage innovation.
Funding Information
- A total of $2,000,000 is available for the 2024 funding cycle.
- The timeline for the portion of the project funded by this grant may not exceed 24 months in length.
Eligible Project Examples
- The RWD Grant allows applicants to develop project proposals that best support their communities’ needs. Projects must focus on increasing recycling, reducing waste, and/or diverting recoverable materials from the solid waste stream as described in the authorized uses of the SWTF.
- Examples of RWD Grant projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Recycling and Waste Diversion Infrastructure – Projects that create, expand, or improve infrastructure at materials recovery facilities (MRF), recycling transfer stations, convenience centers, or through other equipment that will increase the capacity to serve customers
- Hub and Spoke Development – Projects that create, expand, or improve the operation of recycling hub and spoke infrastructure, collection, distribution, and logistics
- Hard-to-Recycle Materials – Projects that create, expand, or improve the operation of hard-to recycle and/or household hazardous waste recycling facilities
- Recovery of Additional Materials – Projects that collect and/or process new material streams
- Waste Reduction – Projects that create, expand, or improve programs at the local level to reduce waste
- Innovation – Projects that demonstrate innovative processes for waste reduction or innovative use of recycled products.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants and recipients for the RWD Grant include:
- Counties, municipalities, or any combination of the same, here after referred to as local governments
- Public authorities, agencies, commissions, or institutions
- In addition to those baseline eligibility requirements:
- Applicants who are subject to an open EPD consent order or other EPD enforcement action are not eligible to receive grants.
- Applicants who have received grant funds in past years but have NOT demonstrated successful administration of those grant funds may be deemed ineligible by EPD. Successful administration includes but is not limited to completing all project activities during the contract period, meeting all required deadlines, completing the project on time and on budget, expending all grant funds requested on project activities, and providing adequate documentation as requested by EPD.
For more information, visit GAEPD.
