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Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program | US EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program Questions about this Grant Program The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program is a grant program authorized by the Save Our Seas 2. 0 Act and funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act .
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides $275 million for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants. Funding is allocated as $55 million per year from Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 to 2026 to remain available until expended. EPA was provided an additional $2.
5 million in FY 2022, an additional $6. 5 million in FY 2023, an additional $4. 9 million in both FY 2024 and FY 2025, and an additional $3.
5M in FY 2026 to implement the program. The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program provides grants to implement the National Recycling Strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure, support improvements to local post-consumer materials management and recycling programs, and assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
Funding Opportunity for States and Territories. Funding Opportunity for Political Subdivisions. Funding Opportunity for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia.
EPA received 151 applications in response to the second round of the SWIFR for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia funding opportunity, totaling approximately $179 million in total funding requested. On July 29, 2026, EPA announced the 23 selectees for the second round of the SWIFR grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia. Check out the list of all the selectees and grant recipients under this grant program to date.
EPA received 307 total applications in response to the second round of the SWIFR for Political Subdivisions funding opportunity, totaling approximately $1. 072 billion in total funding requested. On December 12, 2025, EPA announced the 16 selectees for the second round of the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants for Political Subdivisions.
Check out the list of 2025 selectees and grant recipients from 2023. EPA anticipates announcing additional selections for the SWIFR grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia and SWIFR grants for States and Territories in 2026. 56 grants totalling ~$32 million to all eligible states and territories.
25 grants totalling ~$68 million to local governments. 58 grants totalling ~$60 million to Tribes and intertribal consortia. Check out the list of grant recipients from 2023 and 2025 selectees.
Questions about this Grant Program If you have questions about the grants for Political Subdivisions, email SWIFR@epa. gov . If you have questions about the grants for States and Territories, email SWIFRST@epa.
gov . If you have questions about the grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia, please email SWIFRTribal@epa. gov .
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State and local governments, territories, and tribal agencies. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows varies; recent updates released on December 3, 2025. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
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The EPA Gulf of America Division announced up to $50 million on May 5 for 20-30 Farmer-to-Farmer demonstration grants of $1.5M-$2.5M each across EPA Regions 3-8. Applications close June 19, 2026. The geographic scope spans from Pennsylvania to Texas — eighteen states drained by the Mississippi-Atchafalaya system — and the funding model rebuilds the federal conservation playbook around farmer-led demonstrations rather than top-down agency design.
Read articleEPA's Gulf of America Division announced up to $50 million for the Farmer-to-Farmer grant program on May 5, 2026, with 20–30 awards of $1.5M to $2.5M each across EPA Regions 3–8 and a June 19, 2026 deadline. The funding rewards farmer-led organizations that can demonstrate working-lands conservation at scale. Here is how the eligibility, partnership structure, and watershed geography actually decide the awards.
Read articleEPA's Gulf of America Farmer-to-Farmer program awards $1.5M-$2.5M grants for farmer-led organizations scaling regenerative agriculture. Applications due June 19, 2026.
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